| 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 |
| temporal abundance, parity, survival rates, and arbovirus isolation of field-collected container-inhabiting mosquitoes in eastern tennessee. | surveillance of container-inhabiting mosquitoes was conducted from june 17 through november 9, 1998, at 2 1997 la crosse virus (lac) human case sites (knox and cocke counties, tennessee). mosquitoes were collected weekly with 2 dry ice-baited centers for disease control miniature light traps, 2 omnidirectional fay traps, and 40 oviposition traps at each site. a total of 8,408 mosquitoes, composed of ochlerotatus triseriatus (n = 2,095) and aedes albopictus (n = 6,313), were reared or collected a ... | 2002 | 12322937 |
| la crosse encephalitis virus infection in field-collected aedes albopictus, aedes japonicus, and aedes triseriatus in tennessee. | la crosse virus (lacv) is a mosquito-borne virus and a major cause of pediatric encephalitis in the usa. la crosse virus emerged in tennessee and other states in the appalachian region in 1997. we investigated lacv infection rates and seasonal abundances of the native mosquito vector, aedes triseriatus, and 2 recently introduced mosquito species, ae. albopictus and ae. japonicus, in an emerging disease focus in tennessee. mosquitoes were collected using multiple trapping methods specific for aed ... | 2015 | 26375904 |