Bimiti Virus, a new Agent Isolated from Trinidadian Mosquitoes

L. Spence Trinidad Regional Virus Laboratory, P. O. Box 164, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, W. I.

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C. R. Anderson Trinidad Regional Virus Laboratory, P. O. Box 164, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, W. I.

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T. H. G. Aitken Trinidad Regional Virus Laboratory, P. O. Box 164, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, W. I.

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W. G. Downs Trinidad Regional Virus Laboratory, P. O. Box 164, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, W. I.

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1962.11.414
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Volume 11: Issue 3
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414–417
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Summary

Bimiti virus is a new agent isolated from Culex mosquitoes collected in the Melajo Forest of Trinidad. Its isolation, identification and behavior in various animals and tissue culture are reported. Limited studies disclose a very low incidence of immunity to this virus in the human population of Trinidad.

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Published Online:
May 1962
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Print ISSN:
0002-9637

Expert Committee on Hepatitis

First Report. World Health Organization Technical Report Series No. 62 (Available also in French). 26 pp. Geneva, W.H.O., Palais des Nations. March, 1953. Price 1/6, $0.20, Fr. fr. 65.-; Sw. fr. 0.80

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