Zika virus detection, isolation and genome sequencing through Culicidae sampling during the epidemic in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil

Zika virus detection, isolation and genome sequencing through Culicidae sampling during the epidemic in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil

Abstract Background Zika virus (ZIKV) has been isolated from many mosquito species in nature, but it is believed that the main vectors in urban environments are species of the genus Aedes. Here, we detected and isolated ZIKV in samples from Aedes aegypti, Aedes taeniorhynchus and Culex quinquefascia...

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Main Authors: Constância Flavia Junqueira Ayres, Duschinka Ribeiro Duarte Guedes, Marcelo Henrique Santos Paiva, Mariana Carolina Morais-Sobral, Larissa Krokovsky, Laís Ceschini Machado, Maria Alice Varjal Melo-Santos, Mônica Crespo, Cláudia Maria Fontes Oliveira, Ricardo Silva Ribeiro, Orlei Amaral Cardoso, Ana Lúcia Barbosa Menezes, Roberto Costa Laperrière-Jr, Carlos Feitosa Luna, André Luiz Sá Oliveira, Walter Soares Leal, Gabriel Luz Wallau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Field-caught mosquitoes
Zika virus
RT-qPCR
Genome sequencing
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-019-3461-4

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