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. 2017 Jan 12;22(2):30437.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.2.30437.

Experimental transmission of Zika virus by mosquitoes from central Europe

Anna Heitmann  1   2 , Stephanie Jansen  1   2   3 , Renke Lühken  1 , Mayke Leggewie  1   3 , Marlis Badusche  1 , Björn Pluskota  4 , Norbert Becker  4   5 , Olli Vapalahti  6 , Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit  1   3 , Egbert Tannich  1   3
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Experimental transmission of Zika virus by mosquitoes from central Europe

Anna Heitmann et al. Euro Surveill. .

Abstract

Mosquitoes collected in Germany in 2016, including Culex pipiens pipiens biotype pipiens, Culex torrentium and Aedes albopictus, as well as Culex pipiens pipiens biotype molestus (in colony since 2011) were experimentally infected with Zika virus (ZIKV) at 18 °C or 27 °C. None of the Culex taxa showed vector competence for ZIKV. In contrast, Aedes albopictus were susceptible for ZIKV but only at 27 °C, with transmission rates similar to an Aedes aegypti laboratory colony tested in parallel.

Keywords: Aedes albopictus; Culex species; Zika virus; transmission rate.

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

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