Welcome to CDC stacks |
Stacks Logo
Advanced Search
Select up to three search categories and corresponding keywords using the fields to the right. Refer to the Help section for more detailed instructions.
 
 
Help
Clear All Simple Search
Advanced Search
Vector Competence of California Mosquitoes for West Nile virus
  • Published Date:
    Dec 2002
  • Source:
    Emerg Infect Dis. 8(12):1385-1391.
  • Language:
    English
Filetype[PDF-248.21 KB]


Details:
  • Alternative Title:
    Emerg Infect Dis
  • Personal Author:
  • Description:
    To identify the mosquito species competent for West Nile virus (WNV) transmission, we evaluated 10 California species that are known vectors of other arboviruses or major pests: Culex tarsalis, Cx. pipiens pipiens, Cx. p. quinquefasciatus, Cx. stigmatosoma, Cx. erythrothorax, Ochlerotatus dorsalis, Oc. melanimon, Oc. sierrensis, Aedes vexans, and Culiseta inornata. All 10 became infected and were able to transmit WNV at some level. Ochlerotatus, Culiseta, and Aedes were low to moderately efficient vectors. They feed primarily on mammals and could play a secondary role in transmission. Oc. sierrensis, a major pest species, and Cx. p. quinquefasciatus from southern California were the least efficient laboratory vectors. Cx. tarsalis, Cx. stigmatosoma, Cx. erythrothorax, and other populations of Cx. pipiens complex were the most efficient laboratory vectors. Culex species are likely to play the primary role in the enzootic maintenance and transmission of WNV in California.

  • Subject:
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Place as Subject:
    California
  • Collection(s):
    Emerging Infectious Diseases
  • Main Document Checksum:
No Related Documents.
You May Also Like:
  1. Vector Competence of Culex restuans (Diptera: Culicidae) for West Nile Virus in Chicago, Illinois
    Personal Author:
    Mutebi, J.-P.; Swope, B. N.; Doyle, M. S.; Biggerstaff, B. J.;
    Published Date:
    May 2012
    Source:
    J Med Entomol. 49(3):678-686
    Description:
    Vector competence studies for West Nile virus (WNV) were conducted for two Culex (Culex) restuans Theobald populations Edison Park (EP) and Illinois Medical District (IMD), in Chicago, IL. The aim was to determine if there were differences between mo...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 511.87 KB]
  2. West Nile Virus Risk Assessment and the Bridge Vector Paradigm
    Personal Author:
    Kilpatrick, A. Marm; Kramer, Laura D.; Campbell, Scott R.; Alleyne, E. Oscar; Dobson, Andrew P.; Daszak, Peter;
    Published Date:
    Mar 2005
    Source:
    Emerg Infect Dis. 11(3):425-429.
    Description:
    In the northeast United States, control of West Nile virus (WNV) vectors has been unfocused because of a lack of accurate knowledge about the roles different mosquitoes play in WNV transmission. We analyzed the risk posed by 10 species of mosquitoes ...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 193.87 KB]
  3. West Nile Virus Infection of Birds, Mexico
    Personal Author:
    Guerrero-Sánchez, Sergio; Cuevas-Romero, Sandra; Nemeth, Nicole M.; Trujillo-Olivera, María Teresa Jesús; Worwa, Gabriella; Dupuis, Alan; Brault, Aaron C.; Kramer, Laura D.; Komar, Nicholas; Estrada-Franco, José Guillermo;
    Published Date:
    Dec 2011
    Source:
    Emerg Infect Dis. 17(12):2245-2252.
    Description:
    West Nile virus (WNV) has caused disease in humans, equids, and birds at lower frequency in Mexico than in the United States. We hypothesized that the seemingly reduced virulence in Mexico was caused by attenuation of the Tabasco strain from southeas...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 386.67 KB]
  4. Vector competence of selected North American Culex and Coquillettidia mosquitoes for West Nile virus.
    Personal Author:
    Sardelis, M. R.; Turell, M. J.; Dohm, D. J.; O'Guinn, M. L.;
    Published Date:
    2001 Nov-Dec
    Source:
    Emerg Infect Dis. 7(6):1018-1022.
    Description:
    To control West Nile virus (WNV), it is necessary to know which mosquitoes are able to transmit this virus. Therefore, we evaluated the WNV vector potential of several North American mosquito species. Culex restuans and Cx. salinarius, two species fr...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 35.39 KB]
  5. Evidence for Co-evolution of West Nile Virus and House Sparrows in North America
    Personal Author:
    Duggal, Nisha K.; Bosco-Lauth, Angela; Bowen, Richard A.; Wheeler, Sarah S.; Reisen, William K.; Felix, Todd A.; Mann, Brian R.; Romo, Hannah; Swetnam, Daniele M.; Barrett, Alan D. T.; Brault, Aaron C.;
    Published Date:
    Oct 30 2014
    Source:
    PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014; 8(10).
    Description:
    West Nile virus (WNV) has been maintained in North America in enzootic cycles between mosquitoes and birds since it was first described in North America in 1999. House sparrows (HOSPs; Passer domesticus) are a highly competent host for WNV that have ...
    File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 628.24 KB]