Arboviruses isolated from mosquitoes collected from urban and peri-urban areas of eastern Australia

• Published in: Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association Vol. 25; no. 3; p. 272
• Main Authors: Jansen, Cassie C, Prow, Natalie A, Webb, Cameron E, Hall, Roy A, Pyke, Alyssa T, Harrower, Bruce J, Pritchard, Ian L, Zborowski, Paul, Ritchie, Scott A, Russell, Richard C, Van Den Hurk, Andrew F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2009
• Subjects: Animals; Arboviruses - classification; Arboviruses - isolation & purification; Australia; Cities; Culicidae - classification; Culicidae - physiology; Culicidae - virology; Demography; Ecosystem; Environmental Monitoring; Population Surveillance; Australia

To determine the presence of arboviruses in mosquito populations from major urban areas of eastern Australia, a total of 67,825 mosquitoes, representing -60 species, was collected and tested from Cairns, Brisbane, and Sydney between January 2005 and April 2008. Mosquito pools were screened by inocul...