Article
Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes do not support replication of Zika virus.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Feb 2018
Lourenço-de-Oliveira Ricardo, Marques João T, Sreenu Vattipally B, Atyame Nten Célestine, Aguiar Eric Roberto Guimarães Rocha, Varjak Margus, Kohl Alain, Failloux Anna-Bella
Abstract excerpt
The rapid spread of Zika virus (ZIKV) in the Americas raised many questions about the role of Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes in transmission, in addition to the key role played by the vector Aedes aegypti. Here we analysed the competence of Cx. quinquefasciatus (with or without Wolbachia endosymbionts) for a ZIKV isolate. We also examined the induction of RNA interference pathways after viral challenge and the...
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