AN INVESTIGATION OF THE POTENTIAL OF  AEDES CAMPTORHYNCHUS  (THOM.) AS A VECTOR OF ROSS RIVER VIRUS | Zendy

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AN INVESTIGATION OF THE POTENTIAL OF AEDES CAMPTORHYNCHUS (THOM.) AS A VECTOR OF ROSS RIVER VIRUS

Author(s) -

Ballard JWO,

Marshall Ian D

Publication year - 1986

Publication title -

australian journal of experimental biology and medical science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.999

H-Index - 104

eISSN - 1440-1711

pISSN - 0004-945X

DOI - 10.1038/icb.1986.21

Subject(s) - aedes aegypti , virology , virus , biology , vero cell , vector (molecular biology) , ingestion , aedes , transmission (telecommunications) , larva , ecology , dengue fever , biochemistry , gene , recombinant dna , engineering , electrical engineering

Summary Aedes camptorhynchus (Thom.) collected on the mid‐south coast of New South Wales during the winter of 1982 were highly susceptible to infection (ID 5O =10 2·4 VERO pfu/mosquito) when fed on rat tail skins containing blood and serial dilutions of the T48 strain of Ross River (RR) virus. After 2 d, when no virus was detectable, rapid proliferation allowed transmission from 5 d post ingestion. A maximum transmission rate occurred 9 d post‐feeding when 4 of 4 infected mosquitoes transmitted virus. The susceptibility of Ae camptorhynchus to RR virus infection was compared with that of a laboratory colony of Ae aegypti (L.) (ID 50 =10 3·8 VERO pfu/mosquito).

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