Yellow fever virus infectivity for Bolivian Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Sep;10(9):1657-60. doi: 10.3201/eid1009.031124.

Abstract

The absence of urban yellow fever virus (YFV) in Bolivian cities has been attributed to the lack of competent urban mosquito vectors. Experiments with Aedes aegypti from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, demonstrated infection (100%), dissemination (20%), and transmission of a Bolivian YFV strain (CENETROP-322).

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Aedes / virology*
  • Animals
  • Bolivia
  • Cricetinae
  • Insect Vectors
  • Mice
  • Virulence*
  • Yellow Fever / transmission
  • Yellow fever virus / physiology*