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Vector Competence to Zika Virus Changes Depending on the Manaus's Region Origin of the <em>Aedes aegypti</em>: A Study of an Endemic Brazilian Amazonian City
2022-12-21
Abstract excerpt
Zika virus (ZIKV) is transmitted to humans by the infectious bite of mosquitoes like Aedes aegypti. After a viremic blood meal, the virus must infect the midgut, disseminate to tissues, and reach the salivary gland to be transmitted to a vertebrate host. Many factors influence the mosquito’s ability to become infected and transmit viruses, such as the mosquito’s genetic diversity, intrinsic antiviral b...
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- Literature Corpus work
- ca9dc59a-3021-507d-bfba-f515c7696fb8
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202212.0384.v1
