| peroral susceptibility of aedes albifasciatus and culex pipiens complex mosquitoes (diptera: culicidae) from argentina to western equine encephalitis virus. | the transmission cycle of western equine encephalitis (wee) virus in south america is unknown. a wee virus strain was isolated from aedes albifasciatus in argentina during the wee epizootic of 1982-83. also, culex pipiens from argentina was reported to be able to transmit wee virus experimentally, but other results indicate that cx. pipiens from the usa is refractory to this virus. we determined the susceptibility of argentina strains of ae. albifasciatus and culex pipiens complex mosquitos to i ... | 1990 | 2103643 |