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SUBMITTER: Terradas G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9896319 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Terradas Gerard G Novelo Mario M Metz Hillery H Brustolin Marco M Rasgon Jason L JL
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20221219 2
Despite its ecological flexibility and geographical co-occurrence with human pathogens, little is known about the ability of Anopheles albimanus to transmit arboviruses. To address this gap, we challenged An. albimanus females with four alphaviruses and one flavivirus and monitored the progression of infections. We found this species is an efficient vector of the alphaviruses Mayaro virus, O'nyong-nyong virus, and Sindbis virus, although the latter two do not currently exist in its habitat range ...[more]