Isolation of Arboviruses from Insects Collected at Beatrice Hill, Northern Territory of Australia, 1974?1976

Authors:
  • HSHA StandJast
    HA StandJast
  • ADAL Dyce
    AL Dyce
  • TGT D St George
    T D St George
  • MJM Jmuller
    M Jmuller
  • RDRl Doherty
    Rl Doherty
  • JCJg Carley
    Jg Carley
  • CFCheryI Filippich
    CheryI Filippich

Abstract
Between October 1974 and May 1976, 57596 mosquitoes, 169957 Culicoides, 5923 Lasiohelea and 1043 phlebotomines were collected for virus isolation at Beatrice Hill (lat. 12°39'S.,long. 131°20'E.) in the Northern Territory of Australia. A total of 94 viruses belonging to 22 different serological groupings was isolated. The following species of insect yielded viruses which were identified and those viruses marked with an asterisk represent a new record of insect host:

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