VECTOR COMPETENCE OF MOSQUITOS (DIPTERA, CULICIDAE) FROM MASSACHUSETTS FOR A SYMPATRIC ISOLATE OF EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS

Authors
VAIDYANATHAN R EDMAN JD COOPE LA SCOTT TW
Citation
R. Vaidyanathan et al., VECTOR COMPETENCE OF MOSQUITOS (DIPTERA, CULICIDAE) FROM MASSACHUSETTS FOR A SYMPATRIC ISOLATE OF EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS, Journal of medical entomology, 34(3), 1997, pp. 346-352
Citations number
51
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Journal of medical entomology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222585
Volume
34
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
346 - 352
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2585(1997)34:3<346:VCOM(C>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
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.