Vertical and venereal transmission of chandipura virus (Rhabdoviridae) by Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

Abstract

Experiments in the laboratory documented vertical and venereal transmission of Chandipura virus (CHPV) in Aedes aegypti (L.). The minimum filial infection rate among the progeny of infected females was 1.2%; the rate among male and female progeny was 0.9 and 1.4%, respectively. The venereal infection rate of CHPV among inseminated females was 32.7%. Our study indicates the possible occurrence of vertical and venereal transmission of CHPV in insect vectors. © 2005 Entomological Society of America.