| arbovirus investigations in argentina, 1977-1980. ii. arthropod collections and virus isolations from argentine mosquitoes. | prospective surveys for arboviruses were carried out in santa fe, corrientes, and chaco provinces, argentina, aperiodically during 1977-1980. a total of 313,233 mosquitoes and 598 biting flies other than mosquitoes were collected and tested for virus in 5,197 and 45 pools, respectively. forty virus strains were isolated, all from mosquitoes, as follows: santa fe province: 4 gamboa group viruses from aedeomyia squamipennis, 1 strain each of st. louis encephalitis virus from culex pipiens quinquef ... | 1985 | 2863989 |
| [new findings on junin virus infection in rodents inside and outside the endemic area of hemorrhagic fever in argentina]. | in conjunction with field trials for a vaccine against argentine hemorrhagic fever (ahf), small mammals were trapped during a 28-month period (1 november 1987 to 13 march 1990) in 3 epidemiologically defined areas of the central argentine pampas: northern and central buenos aires provinces were included in the ahf "historic" area, where the disease was common 15-20 years ago, but case rates are currently low; southern santa fe province is the current high-incidence area for ahf; the nonendemic a ... | 1991 | 7476104 |
| [isolation of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus from human individuals]. | the activity of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (lcmv) in argentina has been previously reported on the basis of serological evidence in rodents and humans and the isolation of only one strain of lcmv from a mus domesticus captured in the province of córdoba. the aim of this paper was to register patients with serological diagnosis of lcm, to isolate and to identify human strains of lcmv in argentina. during the last 19 years, 15 cases were diagnosed as lcm by immunoflourescent indirect assay ... | 2001 | 11808424 |