| detection of flaviviruses and orthobunyaviruses in mosquitoes in the yucatan peninsula of mexico in 2008. | a total of 191,244 mosquitoes from 24 species were collected in the yucatan peninsula of mexico from january to december 2008, and tested for the presence of cytopathic virus by virus isolation in vero cells. eighteen virus isolates were obtained, all of which were orthobunyaviruses. these were identified by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr) and nucleotide sequencing as cache valley virus (n=17) and south river virus (n=1). a subset (n=20,124) of culex quinquefasciatus col ... | 2010 | 20370430 |
| orthobunyaviruses, a common cause of infection of livestock in the yucatan peninsula of mexico. | to determine the seroprevalence of selected orthobunyaviruses in livestock in the yucatan peninsula of mexico, a serologic investigation was performed using serum samples from 256 domestic animals (182 horses, 31 sheep, 1 dog, 37 chickens, and 5 turkeys). all serum samples were examined by plaque reduction neutralization test using cache valley virus (cvv), cholul virus (chlv), south river virus (sourv), kairi virus, maguari virus, and wyeomyia virus. of the 182 horses, 60 (33.0%) were seroposit ... | 2012 | 23045250 |