Transmission of Asian Zika Lineage by Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus Mosquitoes in Florida.

ABSTRACT: The Asian lineage of Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-borne pathogen originally from Africa, caused an epidemic into Brazil in 2015 and subsequently spread throughout the Americas. Local transmission in the U.S. is a public health concern, especially for Florida where the mosquito vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus are widespread, abundant, and there is a high potential for virus introduction due to imported cases. Here we evaluate relative susceptibility to infection and transmission of Zika virus among geographic populations of Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus in Florida. Both species have been implicated as ZIKV vectors elsewhere, but both virus and vector genotype are known to influence transmission capacities and, hence, the risk of outbreaks. We test the

SUBMITTER: Zimler RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9964388 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature