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Does the mosquito Culex pipiens represent a potential vector of hepatitis C virus?
Author(s) -
ELKHOLY S. E.,
ELHUSSEINY I. M.,
MESHRIF W. S.,
ELAZM A. ABOU,
SALEM M. L.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
medical and veterinary entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2915
pISSN - 0269-283X
DOI - 10.1111/mve.12288
Subject(s) - biology , culex pipiens , virology , vector (molecular biology) , virus , hepatitis c virus , rna virus , offspring , flaviviridae , rna , larva , gene , ecology , genetics , recombinant dna , pregnancy
Culex pipiens acquires hepatitis C virus (HCV) on feeding. HCV can replicate in the mosquito. The mosquito may transmit HCV to its host's blood.