| vector competence of culex pipiens molestus (diptera: culicidae) from taiwan for a sympatric strain of japanese encephalitis virus. | laboratory strains of culex pipiens molestus forskal and culex tritaeniorhynchus giles from northern taiwan were compared for their susceptibility to the sanhsia mq1-2 (sh) strain of japanese encephalitis (je) virus isolated from taiwan. after feeding on a sweetened blood-virus mixture, viral titers in cx. p. molestus during the 14-d incubation period ranged from a minimum of 2.9 log10pfu (plaque forming units) per mosquito on day 3 after ingestion to a maximum of 4.65 log10pfu at day 8 and in c ... | 2000 | 11004796 |