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We tested susceptibility to per os infection and potential salivary tr
ansmission for eastern equine encephalomyelitis (EEE) virus in Aedes c
anadensis (Theobald), Aedes vexans (Meigen), Anopheles quadrimaculatus
(Say), Anopheles punctipennis (Say), Coquillettidia perturbans (Walke
r), and Culex salinarius (Coquillett). Culiseta melanura (Coquillett),
the documented enzootic vector of EEE virus, was our control. Based o
n these estimates of laboratory vector competence and other behavioral
and ecological components of vectorial capacity, we ranked these 6 sp
ecies from the most to least probable epidemic vectors: Cx. salinarius
, An. quadrimaculatus, Ae. canadensis, Cq. perturbans, Ae. vexans, and
An. punctipennis.