Transovarial Transmission of Yellow Fever Virus by Mosquitoes (Aedes Aegypti) *
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 28 (1), 119-121
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1979.28.119
Abstract
Female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected with yellow fever virus by intra-thoracic inoculation transmitted the virus to a small percentage of their F1 progeny. Infected offspring were obtained from surface-sterilized as well as from untreated eggs, indicating that the virus was transovarially transmitted. Vertical transmission of yellow fever virus in mosquitoes may be an alternative mechanism for biological survival of the virus during adverse periods or in the absence of susceptible vertebrate hosts.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- A Simple Technique for the Detection of Dengue Antigen in Mosquitoes by ImmunofluorescenceThe American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1977