Replication of Rift Valley Fever Virus in the Sand Fly Lutzomyia Longipalpis
- 1 March 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 33 (2) , 295-299
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1984.33.295
Abstract
Rift Valley fever virus was shown to replicate in Lutzomyia longipalpis after intrathoracic inoculation. Viral titers peaked at approximately 4 days postinoculation [mean titer = 104.0 plaque forming units (PFU)] and remained relatively constant through day 7. A minimum of 6 of 326 sand flies transmitted virus by bite to susceptible hamsters after 5–9 days of extrinsic incubation. Viral titers of sand flies exposed per os declined steadily through day 9. None of 378 flies that had ingested approximately 104.0 PFU of virus transmitted virus when refed on susceptible hamsters.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- The Establishment, Maintenance and Productivity of a Laboratory Colony of Lutzomyia Longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae)1Journal of Medical Entomology, 1977