AN INVESTIGATION OF THE POTENTIAL OF AEDES CAMPTORHYNCHUS (THOM.) AS A VECTOR OF ROSS RIVER VIRUS
- 1 April 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Immunology & Cell Biology
- Vol. 64 (2), 197-200
- https://doi.org/10.1038/icb.1986.21
Abstract
Aedes camptorhynchus (Thom.) collected on the mid-south coast of New South Wales during the winter of 1982 were highly susceptible to infection (ID5O=1024 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.) (ID50=1038 VERO pfu/mosquito).Keywords
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