Australian Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are susceptible to infection with a highly divergent and sylvatic strain of dengue virus type 2 but are unlikely to transmit it

Australian Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are susceptible to infection with a highly divergent and sylvatic strain of dengue virus type 2 but are unlikely to transmit it

Abstract Background Humans are the primary hosts of dengue viruses (DENV). However, sylvatic cycles of transmission can occur among non-human primates and human encroachment into forested regions can be a source of emergence of new strains such as the highly divergent and sylvatic strain of DENV2, Q...

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Main Authors: Paul Pickering, Leon E. Hugo, Gregor J. Devine, John G. Aaskov, Wenjun Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Aedes aegypti
Dengue virus
Sylvatic transmission
Vector competence
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-020-04091-5

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