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Isolation of potosi virus from Aedes albopictus in North Carolina
B A Harrison1, C J Mitchell, C S Apperson
1North Carolina Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources, Raleigh, NC 27611-7687, USA.
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
|June 1, 1995
Abstract:
A total of 4,169 adult mosquitoes were aspirated from 3 tire disposal sites in North Carolina for virus assays. Aedes albopictus was the dominant species, with a relative abundance of approximately 99%. Potosi virus was isolated from one pool of 68 female Ae. albopictus. Priorities for future Potosi virus research and the implications of the North Carolina isolate are discussed.