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Insect Vectors |
Insects that transmit infective organisms from one host to another or from an inanimate reservoir to an animate host. |
Insect Vector,Vector, Insect,Vectors, Insect |
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| D007484 |
Iowa |
State bounded on the north by Minnesota, on the east by Wisconsin and Illinois, on the south by Missouri, and on the west by Nebraska and South Dakota. |
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| D009033 |
Culicidae |
A family of the order DIPTERA that comprises the mosquitoes. The larval stages are aquatic, and the adults can be recognized by the characteristic WINGS, ANIMAL venation, the scales along the wing veins, and the long proboscis. Many species are of particular medical importance. |
Mosquitoes,Mosquitos,Mosquito |
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| D011159 |
Population Surveillance |
Ongoing scrutiny of a population (general population, study population, target population, etc.), generally using methods distinguished by their practicability, uniformity, and frequently their rapidity, rather than by complete accuracy. |
Surveillance, Population |
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| D004667 |
Encephalitis Virus, Western Equine |
A species of ALPHAVIRUS that is the etiologic agent of encephalomyelitis in humans and equines in the United States, southern Canada, and parts of South America. |
Encephalomyelitis Virus, Western Equine,WEE Virus,Western equine encephalitis virus,Encephalitis Viruses, Western Equine,Virus, Western Equine Encephalitis,Viruses, Western Equine Encephalitis,Western Equine Encephalitis Viruses,WEE Viruses |
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| D001103 |
Arboviruses |
Arthropod-borne viruses. A non-taxonomic designation for viruses that can replicate in both vertebrate hosts and arthropod vectors. Included are some members of the following families: ARENAVIRIDAE; BUNYAVIRIDAE; REOVIRIDAE; TOGAVIRIDAE; and FLAVIVIRIDAE. (From Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, 2nd ed) |
Arbovirus,Arthropod-Borne Virus,Arthropod-Borne Viruses,Arthropod Borne Virus,Arthropod Borne Viruses,Virus, Arthropod-Borne,Viruses, Arthropod-Borne |
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| D013045 |
Species Specificity |
The restriction of a characteristic behavior, anatomical structure or physical system, such as immune response; metabolic response, or gene or gene variant to the members of one species. It refers to that property which differentiates one species from another but it is also used for phylogenetic levels higher or lower than the species. |
Species Specificities,Specificities, Species,Specificity, Species |
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| D014776 |
Virus Cultivation |
Process of growing viruses in live animals, plants, or cultured cells. |
Viral Cultivation,Cultivation, Viral,Cultivation, Virus,Cultivations, Viral,Cultivations, Virus,Viral Cultivations,Virus Cultivations |
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