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. 1960 Apr 1;131(3405):986.
doi: 10.1126/science.131.3405.986.

Mayaro virus isolated from a Trinidadian mosquito, Mansonia venezuelensis

T H AITKEN, W G DOWNS, C R ANDERSON, L SPENCE, J CASALS

Mayaro virus isolated from a Trinidadian mosquito, Mansonia venezuelensis

T H AITKEN et al. Science. .

Abstract

A strain of Mayaro virus has been isolated in Trinidad from the mosquito Mansonia venezuelensis. This is the first record of isolation of this agent from naturally infected mosquitoes, caught in the wild.

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