Arbovirus Isolations from Mosquitoes Collected in Central Utah in 1967

George T. Crane Ecology and Epidemiology Division, Deseret Test Center, Dugway, Utah 84022

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Robert E. Elbel Ecology and Epidemiology Division, Deseret Test Center, Dugway, Utah 84022

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David E. Klimstra Ecology and Epidemiology Division, Deseret Test Center, Dugway, Utah 84022

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Keith L. Smart Ecology and Epidemiology Division, Deseret Test Center, Dugway, Utah 84022

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1970.19.540
Volume/Issue:
Volume 19: Issue 3
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540–543
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During a 1967 arbovirus survey of Utah's Great Basin. mosquitoes, collected by light traps in Cedar and adjacent Utah Valley, were pooled by species, and assayed by routine procedures in suckling mice and chick-embryo cell cultures. Viruses were identified by neutralization in suckling mice and complement-fixation tests. Culex tarsalis, Culex erythrothorax, Culiseta inornata, and Ades dorsalis constituted 91% of the total 18.878 mosquitoes collected. All 23 arbovirus isolates were from these four species. Eight Hart Park-like isolates were obtained only from C. tarsalis. The remaining 15 isolates were California encephalitis group viruses, seven from C. inornata, six from A. dorsalis. one from C. tarsalis, and one from C. erythrothorax. The best vector of California encephalitis group virus was indicated to be C. inornata by the highest total infection ratio.

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Copyright © 1970 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1970
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19 May 1969
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Published Online:
May 1970
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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Print ISSN:
0002-9637
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