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Experimental investigation of the susceptibility of Italian Culex pipiens mosquitoes to Zika virus infection

We investigated the susceptibility of an Italian population of Culex pipiens mosquitoes to Zika virus (ZIKV) infection, tested in parallel with Aedes aegypti, as a positive control. We analysed mosquitoes at 0, 3, 7, 10, 14, 20 and 24 days after an infectious blood meal. Viral RNA was detected in th...

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Autores principales: Boccolini, Daniela, Toma, Luciano, Di Luca, Marco, Severini, Francesco, Romi, R, Remoli, Maria Elena, Sabbatucci, Michela, Venturi, Giulietta, Rezza, Giovanni, Fortuna, Claudia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5015456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27605056
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.35.30328