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SUBMITTER: Auguste AJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2990042 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20101201 6
Mosquito surveillance was carried out in three forested regions of Trinidad during July 2007-March 2009. A total of 185,397 mosquitoes representing at least 46 species was collected, divided into pools of 1-50 mosquitoes according to species and sex, and screened for arboviruses using cytopathic effect assays on Vero cell monolayers. Eighty-five viruses were isolated, including members of the genera Alphavirus (Mucambo virus; MUCV) and Orthobunyavirus (Caraparu, Oriboca, Bimiti, and Wyeomyia vir ...[more]