First report of Culex flavivirus infection from Culex coronator (Diptera: Culicidae), Colombia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Flaviviruses are important pathogens for humans and animals (Dengue viruses, Yellow fever virus, Zika virus and West Nile virus). Culex flavivirus (CxFV) is an insect-specific virus of the genus Flavivirus, detected in a wide variety of mosquito species.

Objective

To detect Flavivirus in mosquitoes of a tropical region of the Colombian Caribbean.

Methods

In 2014, an entomological surveillance of arboviruses was conducted in the department of Cordoba area of the Caribbean, Colombia. A total of 8270 mosquitoes were captured as follow: Mansonia (n = 3271/39.5%), Culex (n = 2668/32.26%), Anopheles (n = 840/10.15%), Aedeomyia (n = 411/4.9%), Psorophora (n = 397/4.8%), Coquilletidia (n = 369/4.46%), Uranotaenia (n = 261/3.15%) and Aedes (n = 53/0.6%). All mosquit

SUBMITTER: Miranda J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6318882 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature