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Science 27 November 1959:
Vol. 130. no. 3387, p. 1471
DOI: 10.1126/science.130.3387.1471
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Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Isolated from Culex nigripalpus in Trinidad

W. G. DOWNS 1, T. H. G. AITKEN 1, and L. SPENCE 1

1 Trinidad Regional Virus Laboratory, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, West Indies

The isolation of the first strain of eastern equine encephalitis virus in Trinidad, West Indies, is described. The virus came from a pool of Culex nigripalpus mosquitoes collected from chickenbaited traps in May 1959.


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