Culex mosquitoes are experimentally unable to transmit Zika virus

We report that two laboratory colonies of Culex quinquefasciatus and Culex pipiens mosquitoes were experimentally unable to transmit ZIKV either up to 21 days post an infectious blood meal or up to 14 days post intrathoracic inoculation. Infectious viral particles were detected in bodies, heads or s...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles 2016-09, Vol.21 (35), p.1
Hauptverfasser:	Amraoui, Fadila, Atyame-Nten, Célestine, Vega-Rúa, Anubis, Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Ricardo, Vazeille, Marie, Failloux, Anna Bella
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Culex - virology Disease Models, Animal Disease transmission Disease Transmission, Infectious Experiments Head - virology Insect Vectors - virology Life Sciences Microbiology and Parasitology Mosquitoes Rapid Communication Saliva - virology Salivary Glands - virology Time Factors Vero Cells - pathology Viral Load Viral Plaque Assay Virology Zika virus Zika Virus - isolation & purification Zika Virus Infection - transmission Zika Virus Infection - virology
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Zusammenfassung:	We report that two laboratory colonies of Culex quinquefasciatus and Culex pipiens mosquitoes were experimentally unable to transmit ZIKV either up to 21 days post an infectious blood meal or up to 14 days post intrathoracic inoculation. Infectious viral particles were detected in bodies, heads or saliva by a plaque forming unit assay on Vero cells. We therefore consider it unlikely that Culex mosquitoes are involved in the rapid spread of ZIKV.
ISSN:	1560-7917 1025-496X 1560-7917 1025-496X
DOI:	10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.35.30333