Contact-spread of Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus among cotton rats via urine or feces and the naso- or oropharynx. A possible transmission cycle in nature.
D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D009033:Culicidae; D046508:Culture Techniques; D004199:Disease Vectors; D004668:Encephalitis Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004683:Encephalomyelitis, Equine / Q000382:microbiology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000382:microbiology*; D051381:Rats; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology*