Ultrastructural Analysis of Chikungunya Virus Dissemination from the Midgut of the Yellow Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti

Ultrastructural Analysis of Chikungunya Virus Dissemination from the Midgut of the Yellow Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti

The transmission cycle of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) requires that mosquito vectors get persistently infected with the virus, following its oral acqsuisition from a vertebrate host. The mosquito midgut is the initial organ that gets infected with orally acquired CHIKV. Following its replication in th...

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Main Authors: Asher M. Kantor, DeAna G. Grant, Velmurugan Balaraman, Tommi A. White, Alexander W. E. Franz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-10-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
chikungunya virus
mosquito
midgut
dissemination
ultrastructural
FIB-SEM
electron microscopy
Mayaro virus
bloodmeal
basal lamina
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/10/10/571

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