Discovery of Aedes albopictus infected with west nile virus in southeastern Pennsylvania.
In August 2000, Aedes albopictus was found in a CO2-baited Centers for Disease Control light trap in eastern Philadelphia, PA. In late September 2000, West Nile viral antigen was detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction testing from a pool of 2 Ae. albopictus mosquitoes that were collected in southwestern Montgomery County.
Holick
John
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Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Conshohocken 19428, USA.
Kyle
Andrew
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Ferraro
William
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Delaney
Raymond R
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Iwaseczko
Marta
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D000330:Aedes / Q000821:virology*; D000818:Animals; D010414:Pennsylvania; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000502:physiology*