| the first isolations of eastern encephalitis, group c, and guama group arboviruses from the peruvian amazon region of western south america. | two strains of eastern encephalitis (ee) virus were isolated in the amazon region of peru near pucallpa, loreto department, using sentinel hamsters. ee virus antibodies were found in healthy horses at both pucallpa and iquitos in the same department. fourteen group c and four guama group arboviruses were recovered from sentenel hamsters and mosquitoes near iquitos. the group c agents were caraparu-ossa, marituba, and oriboca-itaqui viruses, and the guama group agents were bimiti virus. besides p ... | 1975 | 238693 |
| isolation of viruses from mosquitoes (diptera: culicidae) collected in the amazon basin region of peru. | as part of a comprehensive study on the ecology of arthropod-borne viruses in the amazon basin region of peru, we assayed 539,694 mosquitoes captured in loreto department, peru, for arboviruses. mosquitoes were captured either by dry ice-baited miniature light traps or with aspirators while mosquitoes were landing on human collectors, identified to species, and later tested on vero cells for virus. in total, 164 virus isolations were made and included members of the alphavirus (eastern equine en ... | 2005 | 16366001 |
| susceptibility of peruvian mosquitoes to eastern equine encephalitis virus. | mosquitoes were collected in the amazon basin, near iquitos, peru, and used in experimental studies to evaluate their susceptibility to strains of eastern equine encephalitis virus (eeev) that were isolated from mosquitoes captured within 20 km of iquitos. when fed on hamsters or chickens with a viremia of 4105 plaque-forming units (pfu) of eeev/ml, culex pedroi sirivanakarn and belkin, aedesfulvus (wiedemann), psorophora albigenu (peryassu), and psorophoraferox (von humboldt) were susceptible t ... | 2008 | 18714873 |