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- In early 2016, researchers in northeastern Brazil announced that another mosquito species, Culex quinquefasciatus, which also inhabits domestic environments, could be involved in the transmission of Zika virus.
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Mar 4, 2016 · The C quinquefasciatus mosquitoes that were positive for Zika virus might have recently fed on a viraemic human being (and so contained infected blood), or the Zika virus infection might not have disseminated to the salivary glands for subsequent transmission.
- Andrew F van den Hurk, Sonja Hall-Mendelin, Cassie C Jansen, Stephen Higgs
- 2017
Mar 4, 2016 · The findings, which have yet to be peer reviewed or confirmed outside of a lab, found that mosquitos from the family of mosquitos known as Culex may not only be infected with Zika, but could...
Sep 28, 2016 · The data, shared September 26 at the International Congress of Entomology, suggest that Zika can build up in the house mosquito’s salivary glands — a key step in being able to transmit...
Jul 25, 2016 · Culex Mosquitoes Might Also Carry Zika - Consumer Reports. New evidence links the disease to the country's most common mosquito species. By Jeneen Interlandi. July 25, 2016.
Mar 7, 2016 · Culex pipiens, known as the common house mosquito, may transmit Zika virus, according to a preliminary report from Brazil. Photo by BIOPHOTO ASSOCIATES/Getty Images. The next step will be to...
Mar 3, 2016 · Zika virus can be carried by more common mosquito, scientists say. Aedes aegypti has been seen as the main Zika transmitter but research indicates Culex quinquefasciatus may also be a...
Sep 29, 2016 · Separately, scientists at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) last month shared unpublished data suggesting Culex mosquitoes from the U.S. do not transmit Zika virus. And earlier this month (September 2), the UTMB team reported in The Journal of Infectious Diseases that C. quinquefasciatus mosquitoes from Mexico did not harbor Zika.
