geographic distribution and serologic and genomic characterization of morro bay virus, a newly recognized bunyavirus. | more than 75,000 immature mosquitoes in three genera were collected from coastal california, reared to the adult stage, and tested for virus by plaque assay in vero cell cultures. twenty-six strains of morro bay (mb) virus, a newly recognized member of the california (cal) serogroup, were isolated from aedes squamiger, a pestiferous salt marsh mosquito species restricted to intertidal salt marshes in coastal california and baja california. the geographic distribution of the isolates was 10 from ... | 1996 | 8686772 |
ecology of mosquitoes and lack of arbovirus activity at morro bay, san luis obispo county, california. | during 1994-95, totals of 17,656 adult females and 111,104 adults reared from field-collected immatures comprising 19 species in 4 genera of mosquitoes were collected from morro bay estuary and surrounding environs in san luis obispo county, california. aedes dorsalis was the dominant summer mosquito, whereas aedes squamiger and ae. washinoi were abundant during winter and early spring. host-seeking culex tarsalis were collected infrequently, even though immatures were collected frequently from ... | 1996 | 9046476 |