title: Susceptibility of Culex sitiens to Japanese encephalitis virus in peninsular Malaysia.
abstract: The susceptibility of Culex sitiens to Japanese Encephalitis (JE) virus was examined in the laboratory. Cx. sitiens became infected with JE virus on day 8 and subsequently it is able to transmit the virus when it takes a blood meal. Both parts of the experiment were carried out using artificial membrane feeding technique.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Disease Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. indra@imr.gov.my
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vythilingam
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krishnasamy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003465:Culex / Q000821:virology*; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D004664:Encephalitis Virus, Japanese / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008296:Malaysia; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction