European Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens Are Competent Vectors for Japanese Encephalitis Virus

de Wispelaere, Mélissanne; Desprès, Philippe; Choumet, Valérie

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005294

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European Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens Are Competent Vectors for Japanese Encephalitis Virus

Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases • Jan 13, 2017

Authors:

Mélissanne de Wispelaere

Philippe Desprès

Valérie Choumet

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is the causative agent of Japanese encephalitis, the leading cause of viral encephalitis in Asia. JEV transmission cycle involves mosquitoes and vertebrate hosts. The detection of JEV RNA in a pool of Culex pipiens caught in 2010 in Italy raised the conc...

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Aedes albopictus

Virology

Culex pipiens

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