Carbon Dioxide Sensitivity in Mosquitoes Infected with Sigma, Vesicular Stomatitis, and Other Rhabdoviruses
- 29 February 1980
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 207 (4434) , 989-991
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.6101512
Abstract
Carbon dioxide, usually an innocuous narcotic for insects, kills mosquitoes infected with rhabdoviruses. Such toxicity was originally observed in Drosophila harboring a hereditary virus, sigma, and has been considered unique to Drosophila. The new findings support the possibility that insects with piercing and sucking mouthparts harbor similar hereditary viruses and transmit some of them to vertebrates or plants.Keywords
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