Vector competence of three Australian mosquitoes, Verrallina carmenti, Verrallina lineata and Mansonia septempunctata (Diptera: Culcidae) for Ross River virus

Webb, Cameron E., Dogget, Stephen L., Ritchie, Scott A., and Russell, Richard C. (2008) Vector competence of three Australian mosquitoes, Verrallina carmenti, Verrallina lineata and Mansonia septempunctata (Diptera: Culcidae) for Ross River virus. Journal of Medical Entomology, 45 (4). pp. 737-740.

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Abstract

The vector competence of Verrallina carmenti (Edwards), Verrallina lineata (Taylor), and Mansonia septempunctata (Theobald) (Diptera: Culicidae) from north Queensland, Australia, was tested using two isolates of Ross River virus (family Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, RRV). All three species were tested using RRV isolate RR102MP (ex-Cairns, Queensland, Australia), whereas Ve. carmenti and Ve. lineata also were tested using RR2186 (ex-Bourke, New South Wales, Australia). Transmission was tested using the capillary tube method, with infection of mosquito bodies and saliva determined using cell culture. Infection with RR102MP resulted in 27.5% of Ve. carmenti, 19.2% of Ve. lineata and 13.3% of Ma. septempunctata transmitting virus. When Ve. carmenti and Ve. lineata were infected with RR2186, transmission rates for both species were generally <10%, although a transmission rate of 25% was recorded for Ve. lineata exposed to high titer virus. These results indicated that the three mosquito species have the potential to contribute to local transmission cycles.

Item ID: 6625
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 0022-2585
Keywords: mosquito; virus; vector competence; Verrallina carmenti; Verrallina lineata; Mansonia septempunctata; Ross River virus; Australia
Date Deposited: 01 Mar 2010 00:42
FoR Codes: 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified @ 50%
11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1108 Medical Microbiology > 110804 Medical Virology @ 50%
SEO Codes: 92 HEALTH > 9201 Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) > 920109 Infectious Diseases @ 100%
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