Forced zika virus infection of culex pipiens leads to limited virus accumulation in mosquito saliva
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne pathogen that caused a large outbreak in the Americas in 2015 and 2016. The virus is currently present in tropical areas around the globe and can cause severe disease in humans, including Guillain-Barré syndrome and congenital microcephaly. The tropical yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, is the main vector in the urban transmission cycles of ZIKV. The discovery of ZIKV in wild-caught Culex mosquitoes and the ability of Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes to transmit ZIKV in the laboratory raised the question of whether the common house mosquito Culex pipi... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | article/Letter to editor |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
Schlagwörter: | Arbovirus / Culex pipiens / Flavivirus / Midgut barrier / The Netherlands / Vector competence / Zika virus |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26838698 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/forced-zika-virus-infection-of-culex-pipiens-leads-to-limited-vir |