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AaPV, a dense-like virus isolated from a C6/36 clone of the Aedes albo
pictus cell line, proved to be very pathogenic for Aedes aegypti first
and third instar larvae following per os infection, The mortality rea
ched 90% in 10 days for larvae infected at the first instar. Several f
actors, such as temperature, larval density and stage, and duration of
contact with infectious particles, influenced infection, The virus ti
ter in females surviving infection at the third larval instar reached
10(8) TCID50. Adult mosquitoes were sensitive to virus inoculation and
to cytotransfection by viral DNA, Histological and ultrastructural st
udies revealed the presence of dense nuclei in almost all of the larva
l tissues with the exception of the midgut. (C) 1996 Academic Press, I
nc.