scholarly journals Environmental and Biological Factors Influencing Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae) Vector Competence for Saint Louis Encephalitis Virus

2009 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie L. Richards ◽  
Cynthia C. Lord ◽  
Walter J. Tabachnick ◽  
Kendra Pesko
2020 ◽  
Vol 114 (10) ◽  
pp. 725-729
Author(s):  
Mauricio D Beranek ◽  
Agustín I Quaglia ◽  
Giovana C Peralta ◽  
Fernando S Flores ◽  
Marina Stein ◽  
...  

Abstract Background St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) is endemic and autochthonous on the American continent. Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus is a vector of SLEV; however, Culex interfor and Culex saltanensis have also been found to be naturally infected with SLEV. The aim of this study was to determine the vector competence of C. interfor and C. saltanensis for SLEV from Argentina compared with C. p. quinquefasciatus. Methods Female of the Culex species were orally infected by feeding on viraemic chicks that had been inoculated with SLEV. Abdomens, legs and saliva blood-fed mosquitoes were analysed by viral plaque assay. Results Mosquitoes were susceptible to orally acquired infection, dissemination and transmission of SLEV in the saliva. Conclusions Our results demonstrate that C. saltanensis and C. interfor are susceptible to SLEV and competent for its transmission.


2008 ◽  
Vol 868 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 58-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Pastorino ◽  
Dominique Rolland ◽  
Christophe N. Peyrefitte ◽  
Nathalie Wurtz ◽  
Lionel Almeras ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Elisa Rivarola ◽  
Laura Beatriz Tauro ◽  
Guillermo Albrieu Llinás ◽  
Marta Silvia Contigiani

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 176-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriano Mondini ◽  
Izabela Lídia Soares Cardeal ◽  
Eduardo Lázaro ◽  
Silva H. Nunes ◽  
Cibele C. Moreira ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 96-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe Gonçalves Motta Maia ◽  
Juliana Helena Chávez ◽  
William Marciel de Souza ◽  
Marilia Farignoli Romeiro ◽  
Luiza Antunes de Castro-Jorge ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 165 (9) ◽  
pp. 2079-2082
Author(s):  
Luisina Currenti ◽  
Paula Tasca ◽  
María del Pilar Díaz ◽  
Marta Contigiani ◽  
Lorena Spinsanti

2017 ◽  
Vol 87 ◽  
pp. 381-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Colombelli Pacca ◽  
Rafael Elias Marques ◽  
José Wanderlan P. Espindola ◽  
Gevânio B.O.Oliveira Filho ◽  
Ana Cristina Lima Leite ◽  
...  

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