First detection of natural infection of Aedes aegypti with Zika virus in Brazil and throughout South America
Zika virus (ZIKV) has caused a major epidemic in Brazil and several other American countries. ZIKV is an arbovirus whose natural vectors during epidemics have been poorly determined. In this study, 1,683 mosquitoes collected in the vicinity of ZIKV suspected cases in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from Jun...
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| author | Anielly Ferreira-de-Brito Ieda P Ribeiro Rafaella Moraes de Miranda Rosilainy Surubi Fernandes Stéphanie Silva Campos Keli Antunes Barbosa da Silva Marcia Gonçalves de Castro Myrna C Bonaldo Patrícia Brasil Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira |
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| description | Zika virus (ZIKV) has caused a major epidemic in Brazil and several other American countries. ZIKV is an arbovirus whose natural vectors during epidemics have been poorly determined. In this study, 1,683 mosquitoes collected in the vicinity of ZIKV suspected cases in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from June 2015 to May 2016 were screened for natural infection by using molecular methods. Three pools of Aedes aegypti were found with the ZIKV genome, one of which had only one male. This finding supports the occurrence of vertical and/or venereal transmission of ZIKV in Ae. aegypti in nature. None of the examined Ae. albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus was positive. This is the first report of natural infection by ZIKV in mosquitoes in Brazil and other South American countries. So far, Ae. aegypti is the only confirmed vector of ZIKV during the ongoing Pan-American epidemics. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-257cd83924d54b54b6525cf34398e4cf2023-09-02T21:28:45ZengFundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz1678-80601111065565810.1590/0074-02760160332S0074-02762016001000655First detection of natural infection of Aedes aegypti with Zika virus in Brazil and throughout South AmericaAnielly Ferreira-de-BritoIeda P RibeiroRafaella Moraes de MirandaRosilainy Surubi FernandesStéphanie Silva CamposKeli Antunes Barbosa da SilvaMarcia Gonçalves de CastroMyrna C BonaldoPatrícia BrasilRicardo Lourenço-de-OliveiraZika virus (ZIKV) has caused a major epidemic in Brazil and several other American countries. ZIKV is an arbovirus whose natural vectors during epidemics have been poorly determined. In this study, 1,683 mosquitoes collected in the vicinity of ZIKV suspected cases in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from June 2015 to May 2016 were screened for natural infection by using molecular methods. Three pools of Aedes aegypti were found with the ZIKV genome, one of which had only one male. This finding supports the occurrence of vertical and/or venereal transmission of ZIKV in Ae. aegypti in nature. None of the examined Ae. albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus was positive. This is the first report of natural infection by ZIKV in mosquitoes in Brazil and other South American countries. So far, Ae. aegypti is the only confirmed vector of ZIKV during the ongoing Pan-American epidemics.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762016001000655&lng=en&tlng=enZikaAedes aegyptinatural infectionCulex quinquefasciatusAedes albopictus |
| spellingShingle | Anielly Ferreira-de-Brito Ieda P Ribeiro Rafaella Moraes de Miranda Rosilainy Surubi Fernandes Stéphanie Silva Campos Keli Antunes Barbosa da Silva Marcia Gonçalves de Castro Myrna C Bonaldo Patrícia Brasil Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira First detection of natural infection of Aedes aegypti with Zika virus in Brazil and throughout South America Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Zika Aedes aegypti natural infection Culex quinquefasciatus Aedes albopictus |
| title | First detection of natural infection of Aedes aegypti with Zika virus in Brazil and throughout South America |
| title_full | First detection of natural infection of Aedes aegypti with Zika virus in Brazil and throughout South America |
| title_fullStr | First detection of natural infection of Aedes aegypti with Zika virus in Brazil and throughout South America |
| title_full_unstemmed | First detection of natural infection of Aedes aegypti with Zika virus in Brazil and throughout South America |
| title_short | First detection of natural infection of Aedes aegypti with Zika virus in Brazil and throughout South America |
| title_sort | first detection of natural infection of aedes aegypti with zika virus in brazil and throughout south america |
| topic | Zika Aedes aegypti natural infection Culex quinquefasciatus Aedes albopictus |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762016001000655&lng=en&tlng=en |
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