Susceptibility of Japanese Mosquitoes Against West Nile Virus

Susceptibility of Japanese Mosquitoes Against West Nile Virus 

All the hve mosquito species were susceptible to WNV (Table 1). The West Nile virus genome was detected in orally-infected Cx. p. pallens. These infection rates were 43%, 12%, and 75%, at 20, 25, and 28 °C, respectively. One of four orally infected mosquitoes showed strong signals of WNV genome in the thorax and the legs. The head of the same positive mosquito was negative. As the RT-PCR 

Japanese mosquito species Experimental infection Experimental transmission 

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