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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"eastern equine encephalitis"”.
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Blood-Feeding Patterns of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Bridge Vectors at Viral Foci in Southeast Georgia
<p>Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus (EEEV) is a single-stranded RNA arbovirus (family <em>Togaviridae; </em>genus <em>Alphavirus) </em>endemic to the Atlantic seaboard, southeastern United States, and parts of South America. EEEV produces particularly severe disease in incidental (dead-end) hosts …
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Experimental studies of the ecology and evolution of eastern equine encephalitis virus and implications for its emergence and classification
Eastern equine encephalitis virus strains from North (NA EEEV) and Central/South America (SA EEEV) have developed markedly different epidemiologic, pathogenic, antigenic, and genetic profiles, have distinct geographic distributions, and potentially occupy unique vector and vertebrate ecological …
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Luminex Microsphere Immunoassay Offers an Improved Method in Testing for Antibodies to Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus in Sentinel Chicken Sera
Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus has a human mortality rate of 30% of those cases diagnosed, while 30% of those surviving infection remain with neurological sequelae for life (CDC.gov, 2007). The use of sentinel chickens for surveillance of arboviruses that are known to use birds as a reservoir …
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Mosquitos Associated with Equine West Nile Virus Cases in Southeastern Georgia
Mosquito populations associated with equine and avian cases of West Nile Virus infections in five counties in southeastern Georgia were sampled in 2003 and 2004. More than 10,500 mosquitoes representing over 20 species were collected at 25 sites using light traps and vacuum aspirators. Of these, …
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Parasite Burden and Potential Virus Exposure in the Gopher Tortoise <em>(Gopherus polyphemus)</em>
… may serve as hosts for arboviruses, especially Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus (EEEV), in the southeastern United States, and such a role may be related to endo- and ectoparasite loads in the tortoise. To assess this hypothesis, a survey of gopher tortoises from areas in southeastern Georgia …
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The Behaviour and Ecology of Mosquito Vectors
… has been incriminated as a competent vector of eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) in North America. The behaviour and ecology of Cq. perturbans is poorly studied due to how difficult it is to study the immature stages. I attempted to collect and rear Cq. perturbans to establish a …
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Modeling Habitat and Environmental Factors Affecting Mosquito Abundance in Chesapeake, Virginia
… especially those species known to be vectors of eastern equine encephalitis and West Nile virus. I was able to keep these models streamlined, user-friendly, and not cost-prohibitive using empirically based digital data to analyze mosquito-abundance patterns in real landscapes.</p> <p>This …
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Utilizing Proteomic Techniques to Discover Host Protein Interactions with the E1 Glycoprotein of Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus (VEEV) for Anti-Viral Discovery
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) is an alphavirus that causes disease in humans and equines eliciting both an agricultural and public health threat. In humans, the disease typically presents as a febrile illness with common signs of fever and malaise. Four to fourteen percent of …
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The Biotechnological Applications of an Insect-Specific Alphavirus
… of medically relevant alphaviruses including eastern (EEEV) and Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEEV), as well as chikungunya (CHIKV) viruses. Despite its evolutionary relationship to these human pathogens, EILV is unable to replicate in vertebrate cells due to blocks at attachment/entry and …