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Volume 16, Number 5–May 2010
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La Crosse Virus in Aedes albopictus Mosquitoes, Texas, USA, 2009
Amy J. Lambert, Carol D. Blair, Mary D'Anton, Winnann Ewing, Michelle Harborth, Robyn Seiferth, Jeannie Xiang, and Robert S. Lanciotti
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (A.J. Lambert, R.S. Lanciotti); Colorado State University, Fort Collins (C.D. Blair); and Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, Texas, USA (M. D'Anton, W. Ewing, M. Harborth, R. Seiferth, J. Xiang)

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Abstract
We report the arthropod-borne pediatric encephalitic agent La Crosse virus in Aedes albopictus mosquitoes collected in Dallas County, Texas, USA, in August 2009. The presence of this virus in an invasive vector species within a region that lies outside the virus's historically recognized geographic range is of public health concern.

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Lambert AJ, Blair CD, D'Anton M, Ewing W, Harborth M, Seiferth R, et al. La Crosse virus in Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, Texas, USA, 2009. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2010 May [date cited]. http://www.cdc.gov/EID/content/16/5/856.htm

DOI: 10.3201/eid1605.100170