TY - JOUR
AU - Hurlbut, Herbert, S.
AB - Abstract Incubation time of St. Louis encephalitis virus in Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus Say from infection to 1st transmission by mosquito bite was found to have a relationship to mean temperature, within the range 20–30°C, expressed approximately by the equation (T–17)D = 109 in which T = °C, D = days. Similarly, blood digestion time in the range 10-30°C may be calculated by the equation (T-5)D = 50. Blood digestion-virus incubation time ratios revealed the optimum mean temperature to be approximately 30°C. Survival of the mosquito, under experimental conditions, to completion of incubation was also optimum at mean 30°C, provided the mean maximum temperature did not exceed 37°C and the associated rh did not drop below 54%. A rh of 37% at 37°C proved to be adverse. This content is only available as a PDF. Author notes 1 This study was supported, in part, by Public Health Service research grant CC 00213 0351, from the National Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta, Georgia. © 1973 Entomological Society of America
TI - The Effect of Environmental Temperature Upon the Transmission of St. Louis Encephalitis Virusby Culex Pipiens Quinquefasciatus
JO - Journal of Medical Entomology
DO - 10.1093/jmedent/10.1.1
DA - 1973-01-31
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SP - 1
EP - 12
VL - 10
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