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CULEX MOSQUITOES ARE EXPERIMENTALLY UNABLE TO TRANSMIT ZIKA VIRUS
Amaroul, F. et al. | Date Issued: 2016
Author
Amaroul, F.
Atyame-Nten, A.
Vega-Rua, A.
Oliveira, Ricardo Lourenço de
Vazeille, M.
Failloux, A. B.
Affilliation
Institut Pasteur. Arboviruses and Insect Vectors. Department of Virology. Paris, France.
Institut Pasteur. Arboviruses and Insect Vectors. Department of Virology. Paris, France.
Institut Pasteur of Guadeloupe. Laboratory of Medical Entomology. Environment and Health Unit. Les Abymes, Guadeloupe.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Institut Pasteur. Arboviruses and Insect Vectors. Department of Virology. Paris, France.
Institut Pasteur. Arboviruses and Insect Vectors. Department of Virology. Paris, France.
Abstract
We report that two laboratory colonies of Culex quinquefasciatus and Culex pipiens mosquitoes were experimentally unable to transmit ZIKV either up to 21 days post an infectious blood meal or up to 14 days post intrathoracic inoculation. Infectious viral particles were detected in bodies, heads or saliva by a plaque forming unit assay on Vero cells. We therefore consider it unlikely that Culex mosquitoes are involved in the rapid spread of ZIKV.
Keywords in Portuguese
Zika virus
Culex
Culicidae
 
Keywords
Zika virus
Culex mosquitoes
Culicidae
 
Publisher
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Citation
AMARAOUI, F. et al. Culex mosquitoes are experimentally unable to transmit Zika virus. Euro Surveill., v.21, n.35, 4p, Sept. 2016.
DOI
10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.35.30333
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1560-7917