Publication: Zika virus potential vectors among aedes mosquitoes from hokkaido, northern japan: Implications for potential emergence of zika disease
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2021-08-01
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20760817
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Pathogens. Vol.10, No.8 (2021)
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Leo Uchida, Miki Shibuya, Ronald Enrique Morales-Vargas, Katsuro Hagiwara, Yasukazu Muramatsu Zika virus potential vectors among aedes mosquitoes from hokkaido, northern japan: Implications for potential emergence of zika disease. Pathogens. Vol.10, No.8 (2021). doi:10.3390/pathogens10080938 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/76087
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Zika virus potential vectors among aedes mosquitoes from hokkaido, northern japan: Implications for potential emergence of zika disease
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The Zika virus (ZIKV) is a rapidly expanding mosquito-borne virus that causes febrile illness in humans. Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus are the primary ZIKV vectors; however, the potential vector competence of other Aedes mosquitoes distributed in northern Japan (Palearctic ecozone) are not yet known. In this study, the susceptibility to Zika virus infection of three Aedes mosquitoes distributed in the main city of the northern Japan and their capacities as vectors for ZIKV were evaluated. Field-collected mosquitoes were fed ad libitum an infectious blood meal containing the ZIKV PRVABC59. The Zika virus was detected in the abdomen of Ae. galloisi and Ae. japonicus at 2–10 days post infection (PI), and from the thorax and head of Ae. galloisi at 10 days PI, resulting in 17.6% and 5.9% infection rates, respectively. The Zika virus was not detected from Ae. punctor at any time. Some northern Japanese Aedes could be suspected as vectors of ZIKV but the risk may be low when compared with major ZIKV vectors.