Viruses isolated from Aedeomyia squamipennis mosquitoes collected in Panama, Ecuador, and Argentina: establishment of the Gamboa serogroup

• Published in: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Vol. 30; no. 1; p. 219
• Main Authors: Calisher, C H, Lazuick, J S, Justines, G, Francy, D B, Monath, T P, Gutierrez, E, Sabattini, M S, Bowen, G S, Jakob, W L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 1981
• Subjects: Animals; Argentina; Birds - microbiology; Bunyaviridae - classification; Bunyaviridae - isolation & purification; Bunyaviridae Infections - transmission; Culicidae - microbiology; Disease Vectors; Ecuador; Panama; Serotyping; Ecuador; Argentina; Panama

Twenty-four virus strains were isolated from Aedeomyia squamipennis mosquitoes collected in Ecuador. One additional strain each was isolated from this species from Panama and ARgentina. All 26 isolates were shown to be related serologically to prototype Gamboa virus, originally isolated from Ad. squ...