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La Crosse virus in Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, Texas, USA, 2009.
By Lambert et al.
Emerging Infectious Diseases 16(5): 856-858., 2010
Cite: 1174823 with citation markup [cite:1174823]
PubMed

Lambert AJ, Blair CD, D'Anton M, Ewing W, Harborth M, Seiferth R, Xiang J, Lanciotti RS. (2010) La Crosse virus in Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, Texas, USA, 2009. Emerging Infectious Diseases 16(5): 856-858.

Abstract
We report the arthropod-borne pediatric encephalitic agent La Crosse virus in Aedes albopictus mosquitoes collected in Dallas County, Texas, USA, in August 2009. The presence of this virus in an invasive vector species within a region that lies outside the virus's historically recognized geographic range is of public health concern.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 16 December, 2015 - 5:52pm

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