Newly Recognized Route of Arbovirus Dissemination from the Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) Midgut1

1 July 1987

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

Vol. 24 (4) , 431-432
https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/24.4.431

Abstract

Examination of Rift Valley fever virus antigen distribution in the mosquito Culex (Culex) pipiens L. by the avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex technique provided evidence that virus can disseminate into the hemocoel from cells located at the foregut/midgut junction. This may be an important route of dissemination from the mosquito gut.

Keywords

CULEX (CULEX) PIPIENS
RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS
DISSEMINATION