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.
MeSH terms
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Aedes / virology*
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Animals
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Chlorocebus aethiops
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Cricetinae
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Encephalitis, California / epidemiology
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Encephalitis, California / virology
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Geography
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Humans
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Insect Vectors / virology*
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La Crosse virus / genetics
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La Crosse virus / isolation & purification*
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Phylogeny
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Public Health
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RNA, Viral / genetics
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RNA, Viral / isolation & purification
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Sequence Analysis, RNA
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Texas / epidemiology
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Vero Cells