Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) From Florida Transmitted Zika Virus

Chelsea T. Smartt; Dongyoung Shin; Seokyoung Kang; Walter J. Tabachnick

doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.00768

Frontiers in Microbiology (Apr 2018)

Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) From Florida Transmitted Zika Virus

Chelsea T. Smartt,
Dongyoung Shin,
Seokyoung Kang,
Walter J. Tabachnick

Affiliations

Chelsea T. Smartt: Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Department of Entomology and Nematology, IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
Dongyoung Shin: Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Department of Entomology and Nematology, IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
Seokyoung Kang: Infectious Diseases & Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
Walter J. Tabachnick: Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Department of Entomology and Nematology, IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00768
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9

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We report a laboratory colony of Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes were experimentally able to salivate Zika virus (ZIKV, Flaviviridae; Flavivirus) at 16 days post infection (dpi). ZIKV RNA was detected in bodies and in saliva deposited on filter paper cards with subsequent studies demonstrating the presence of live ZIKV in saliva.

Published in Frontiers in Microbiology

ISSN: 1664-302X (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: http://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology

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