Vector Competence of Culex tarsalis from Orange County, California, for West Nile Virus
| Autor: | Monica L. O'Guinn, James P. Webb, David J. Dohm, Michael J. Turell, Michael R. Sardelis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Veterinary medicine
West Nile virus Viral transmission Culex tarsalis Viral Plaque Assay Orange (colour) Biology medicine.disease_cause Microbiology California Virus Virology medicine Animals Larva Inoculation medicine.disease Insect Vectors Culex Infectious Diseases Female Chickens West Nile Fever Encephalitis |
| Zdroj: | Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 2:193-196 |
| ISSN: | 1557-7759 1530-3667 |
| Popis: | To evaluate the vector competence of Culex tarsalis Coquillett for West Nile virus (WN), females reared from larvae collected in Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA, were fed on 2-3-day-old chickens previously inoculated with a New York strain (Crow 397-99) of WN. The Cx. tarsalis mosquitoes were efficient laboratory vectors of WN, with estimated transmission rates of 81% and 91% for mosquitoes that ingested 10(6.5) or 10(7.3) plaque-forming units of WN/mL of blood, respectively. Based on efficiency of viral transmission and the role of this species in the transmission of the closely related St. Louis encephalitis virus, Cx. tarsalis should be considered a potentially important vector of WN in the western United States. |
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