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Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Florida transmitted Zika virus

Frontiers in Microbiology (2018) 9(APR)
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00768
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We report a laboratory colony of Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes were experimentally able to salivate Zika virus (ZIKV, Flaviviridae; Flavivirus) at 16 days post infection (dpi). ZIKV RNA was detected in bodies and in saliva deposited on filter paper cards with subsequent studies demonstrating the presence of live ZIKV in saliva.

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Smartt, C. T., Shin, D., Kang, S., & Tabachnick, W. J. (2018). Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Florida transmitted Zika virus. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9(APR). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00768

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