| 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 |
| arbovirus investigations in argentina, 1977-1980. iii. identification and characterization of viruses isolated, including new subtypes of western and venezuelan equine encephalitis viruses and four new bunyaviruses (las maloyas, resistencia, barranqueras, and antequera). | forty viruses isolated from mosquitoes between 1977 and 1980 in argentina have been identified and characterized. nineteen strains of vee virus, identical by neutralization (n) tests, were shown by hemagglutination-inhibition tests with anti-e2 glycoprotein sera to represent a new subtype vi of the vee complex. rna oligonucleotide fingerprints of this virus were distinct from subtype i viruses. the virus was not lethal for english short-haired guinea pigs, indicating that it is probably not equi ... | 1985 | 2863990 |