Laboratory evidence on the vector competence of European field-captured Culex theileri for circulating West Nile virus lineages 1 and 2
[Background] Culex theileri (Theobald, 1903) is distributed in Afrotropical, Paleartic, and Oriental regions. It is a mainly mammophilic floodwater mosquito that is involved in the transmission of West Nile virus (WNV, renamed as Orthoflavivirus nilense by the International Committee on Taxonomy of...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/392983 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/392983 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/105003088847 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Culex theileri Arbovirus Transmission Vector competence West Nile virus |
| Sumario: | [Background] Culex theileri (Theobald, 1903) is distributed in Afrotropical, Paleartic, and Oriental regions. It is a mainly mammophilic floodwater mosquito that is involved in the transmission of West Nile virus (WNV, renamed as Orthoflavivirus nilense by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses [ICTV]) in Africa. This virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that is kept in an enzootic cycle mainly between birds and mosquitoes of the Culex genus. Occasionally, it affects mammals including humans and equines causing encephalopathies. The main purpose of the present study was to evaluate the vector competence of a European field-captured Cx. theileri population for circulating WNV lineages (1 and 2). |
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