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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).