Aedes mosquitoes acquire and transmit Zika virus by breeding in contaminated aquatic environments

Aedes mosquitoes acquire and transmit Zika virus by breeding in contaminated aquatic environments

Here the authors show that Aedes mosquitoes can acquire ZIKV by breeding in contaminated aquatic systems, and that these infected mosquitoes can transmit ZIKV to susceptible mice. This suggests that human urine containing aquatic environments could contribute to ZIKV transmission.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Senyan Du, Yang Liu, Jianying Liu, Jie Zhao, Clara Champagne, Liangqin Tong, Renli Zhang, Fuchun Zhang, Cheng-Feng Qin, Ping Ma, Chun-Hong Chen, Guodong Liang, Qiyong Liu, Pei-Yong Shi, Bernard Cazelles, Penghua Wang, Huaiyu Tian, Gong Cheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09256-0

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09256-0

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