Transmission of Lacrosse Virus (California Encephalitis Group) by the Mosquito Aedes Triseriatus1

28 April 1972

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology

Vol. 9 (2) , 125-127
https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/9.2.125

Abstract

The mosquito ‘Aedes triseriatus’ proved highly efficient in transmitting the LaCrosse serotype of the California encephalitis group to suckling mice after ingesting virus from viremic golden hamsters in quantities from 1.0 to 3.7 (log₁₀) TCID₅₀ per 0.1 ml. This strengthens epidemiologic evidence that this mosquito is the major vector of this virus in the upper Mississippi Valley.

Keywords

DISEASE VECTORS
ENCEPHALITIS
VECTORS
SEROTYPES