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. 1989 Jan;33(1):63-7.

Amplification of arbovirus transmission by mosquito intradermal probing and interrupted feeding

M Labuda  1 , O Kozuch
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  • PMID: 2565675

Amplification of arbovirus transmission by mosquito intradermal probing and interrupted feeding

M Labuda et al. Acta Virol. 1989 Jan.

Abstract

Probing is the crucial phase for the successful intake of the blood by a mosquito female, saliva being ejected during the intradermal probing period. When Tahyna virus (California group, family Bunyaviridae) carrying and transmitting Aedes aegypti mosquito was allowed to feed on 3 suckling white mice for 4 hr, 66.7% of the 162 exposed mice became infected. When one infected mosquito was put in contact with 5 mice, 53.6% of the 250 exposed mice became infected. Multiple transmission of the virus to the available hosts during completion of one blood meal by a single mosquito has been demonstrated.

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