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1 March 2006 Laboratory Transmission of Japanese Encephalitis and West Nile Viruses by Molestus Form of Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) Collected in Uzbekistan in 2004
M. J. Turell, C. N. Mores, D. J. Dohm, N. Komilov, J. Paragas, J. S. Lee, D. Shermuhemedova, T. P. Endy, A. Kodirov, S. Khodjaev
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We evaluated the molestus form of Culex pipiens pipiens (L.) (hereafter referred to as “molestus”) captured near Tashkent, Uzbekistan, for their ability to transmit Japanese encephalitis (family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus, JEV) and West Nile (family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus, WNV) viruses under laboratory conditions. These molestus were highly competent laboratory vectors of WNV, with infection and dissemination rates of 96 and 81%, respectively. Approximately 75% of female molestus that fed after development of a disseminated infection transmitted virus by bite. Therefore, ≈60% of those molestus taking a second bloodmeal between 16 and 25 d after an infectious bloodmeal would be expected to transmit WNV by bite. In contrast, these molestus were less efficient vectors of JEV, with infection and dissemination rates of 51 and 25%, respectively. In addition, only 33% of individuals with a disseminated infection transmitted JEV by bite, indicating a significant salivary gland barrier. Therefore, only ≈8% of orally exposed individuals would be expected to transmit JEV by bite if they took a second bloodmeal 16–25 d later. These data indicate that the molestus form of Cx. p. pipiens should be considered a potentially important vector of WNV in Uzbekistan and may become involved in the transmission of JEV, should this virus be introduced into Uzbekistan.

M. J. Turell, C. N. Mores, D. J. Dohm, N. Komilov, J. Paragas, J. S. Lee, D. Shermuhemedova, T. P. Endy, A. Kodirov, and S. Khodjaev "Laboratory Transmission of Japanese Encephalitis and West Nile Viruses by Molestus Form of Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) Collected in Uzbekistan in 2004," Journal of Medical Entomology 43(2), 296-300, (1 March 2006). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585(2006)043[0296:LTOJEA]2.0.CO;2
Received: 25 May 2005; Accepted: 27 August 2005; Published: 1 March 2006
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KEYWORDS
Japanese encephalitis
mosquitoes
transmission
Uzbekistan
West Nile
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