Natural Vertical Transmission of Ndumu Virus inCulex pipiens(Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquitoes Collected as Larvae | Zendy

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Natural Vertical Transmission of Ndumu Virus inCulex pipiens(Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquitoes Collected as Larvae

Author(s) -

Joel Lutomiah,

Juliette R. Ongus,

Kenneth J. Linthicum,

Rosemary Sang

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of medical entomology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866

H-Index - 99

eISSN - 1938-2928

pISSN - 0022-2585

DOI - 10.1603/me14064

Subject(s) - biology , alphavirus , culex pipiens , togaviridae , larva , transmission (telecommunications) , virus , arbovirus , veterinary medicine , culex , zoology , virology , ecology , medicine , electrical engineering , engineering

Ndumu virus (NDUV) is a member of the family Togaviridae and genus Alphavirus. In Kenya, the virus has been isolated from a range of mosquito species but has not been associated with human or animal morbidity. Little is know about the transmission dynamics or vertebrate reservoirs of this virus. NDUV was isolated from two pools of female Culex pipiens mosquitoes, IJR37 (n = 18) and IJR73 (n = 3), which were collected as larvae on 15 April 2013 from two dambos near the village of Marey, Ijara District, Garissa County, Kenya, and reared to adults and identified to species. These results represent the first field evidence of vertical transmission of NDUV among mosquitoes.

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