Yellow Fever Virus Infectivity for Bolivian Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes

Abstract

The absence of urban yellow fever virus (YFV) in Bolivian cities has been attributed to the lack of competent urban mosquito vectors. Experiments with Aedes aegypti from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, demonstrated infection (100%), dissemination (20%), and transmission of a Bolivian YVF strain (CENETROP-322).

Keywords

• yellow fever virus
• Aedes aegypti
• mosquito
• arbovirus
• vector-borne disease
• dispatch