| isolation of potosi virus from aedes albopictus in north carolina. | a total of 4,169 adult mosquitoes were aspirated from 3 tire disposal sites in north carolina for virus assays. aedes albopictus was the dominant species, with a relative abundance of approximately 99%. potosi virus was isolated from one pool of 68 female ae. albopictus. priorities for future potosi virus research and the implications of the north carolina isolate are discussed. | 1995 | 7595449 |
| first isolation of la crosse virus from naturally infected aedes albopictus. | la crosse (lac) virus, a california serogroup bunyavirus, is the leading cause of pediatric arboviral encephalitis in the united states and an emerging disease in tennessee, west virginia, and north carolina. human cases of lac encephalitis in tennessee and north carolina have increased above endemic levels during 1997 to 1999 and may represent an expansion of a new southeastern endemic focus. this report describes the isolation of lac virus from the exotic mosquito aedes albopictus. the discove ... | 2001 | 11747692 |
| bunyavirus infections in north carolina white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus). | we analyzed serum from white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) collected in southeastern north carolina in 1991 for neutralizing antibodies to six mosquito-borne bunyaviruses (lacrosse, jamestown canyon, keystone,cache valley, potosi, and tensaw), including several of public health importance. evidence was found for all six to be locally transmitted, although greatest seroprevalence was found for potosi, jamestown canyon, and cache valley viruses. | 2001 | 12678047 |