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Zika virus can be venereally transmitted between Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

BACKGROUND: Alternative transmission routes have been described for Zika virus (ZIKV). Here, we assessed for the first time the venereal transmission of ZIKV between Aedes aegypti under laboratory conditions. RESULTS: Orally-infected mosquito females were able to transmit the virus to males venereal...

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Autores principales: Campos, Stéphanie Silva, Fernandes, Rosilainy Surubi, dos Santos, Alexandre Araujo Cunha, de Miranda, Rafaella Moraes, Telleria, Erich Loza, Ferreira-de-Brito, Anielly, de Castro, Marcia Gonçalves, Failloux, Anna-Bella, Bonaldo, Myrna C., Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Ricardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5731190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29246237
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2543-4