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. 2001 Nov-Dec;7(6):1018-22.
doi: 10.3201/eid0706.010617.

Vector competence of selected North American Culex and Coquillettidia mosquitoes for West Nile virus

M R Sardelis  1 , M J Turell, D J Dohm, M L O'Guinn
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Vector competence of selected North American Culex and Coquillettidia mosquitoes for West Nile virus

M R Sardelis et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2001 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

To control West Nile virus (WNV), it is necessary to know which mosquitoes are able to transmit this virus. Therefore, we evaluated the WNV vector potential of several North American mosquito species. Culex restuans and Cx. salinarius, two species from which WNV was isolated in New York in 2000, were efficient laboratory vectors. Cx. quinquefasciatus and Cx. nigripalpus from Florida were competent but only moderately efficient vectors. Coquillettidia perturbans was an inefficient laboratory vector. As WNV extends its range, exposure of additional mosquito species may alter its epidemiology.

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