Field-Caught Culex erythrothorax Larvae Found Naturally Infected with West Nile Virus in Grand County, Utah
- 1 September 2006
- journal article
- Published by American Mosquito Control Association in Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
- Vol. 22 (3) , 561-562
- https://doi.org/10.2987/8756-971x(2006)22[561:fcelfn]2.0.co;2
Abstract
Culex erythrothorax larvae were collected from a bulrush-cattail marsh near Moab, Grand County, Utah, October 28, 2004, and found positive for West Nile virus (WNV) RNA by real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). This demonstrates WNV vertical transmission in this species in the wild and suggests that vertical transmission in overwintering Cx. erythrothorax larvae may contribute to WNV overwintering.Keywords
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