Mosquito Iridescent Virus : New Records from Nature and Infections Using Strelkovimermis spiculatus (Mermithidae) as a Vector Under Laboratory Conditions

Iridoviridae is a DNA virus family that affects both vertebrates and invertebrates. Immature aquatic stages of many dipteran species infected with iridovirus have been found in different places worldwide. The most represented genera of the Culicidae family are Aedes and Psorophora. To date, sixteen...

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Autores principales: Muttis, Evangelina, Micieli, María Victoria, Bonica, Melisa Berenice, Ghiringhelli, Pablo Daniel, García, Juan José
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Publicado: 2020
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/139811
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topic Biología
Ciencias Exactas
Iridoviruses
mosquitoes
Aedes aegypti
Culex apicinus
insect pathology
spellingShingle Biología
Ciencias Exactas
Iridoviruses
mosquitoes
Aedes aegypti
Culex apicinus
insect pathology
Muttis, Evangelina
Micieli, María Victoria
Bonica, Melisa Berenice
Ghiringhelli, Pablo Daniel
García, Juan José
Mosquito Iridescent Virus : New Records from Nature and Infections Using Strelkovimermis spiculatus (Mermithidae) as a Vector Under Laboratory Conditions
topic_facet Biología
Ciencias Exactas
Iridoviruses
mosquitoes
Aedes aegypti
Culex apicinus
insect pathology
description Iridoviridae is a DNA virus family that affects both vertebrates and invertebrates. Immature aquatic stages of many dipteran species infected with iridovirus have been found in different places worldwide. The most represented genera of the Culicidae family are Aedes and Psorophora. To date, sixteen species of Aedes naturally infected with iridoviruses have been reported. Moreover, there are four records for the genus Psorophora, one for Culiseta, and two for Culex. In this paper, we report two new mosquito species as natural hosts of iridoviridae in Argentina: Aedes albifasciatus (Macquart) and Culex dolosus (Lynch Arribalzaga). We also analyzed the ability of a Cx. pipiens-Invertebrate Iridescent Virus to replicate in vivo in the larval stage of two mosquito species, Culex apicinus Philippi and Ae. aegypti (L.) using Strelkovimermis spiculatus as a vector, under laboratory conditions. Although Ae. aegypti is the most recognized mosquito vector of important arboviruses responsible for emergent diseases, Cx. apicinus and Ae. albifasciatus may also be implicated in enzootic or epizootic cycles of virus transmission, such as the St. Louis Encephalitis virus and the Western Equine Encephalomyelitis virus.
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author Muttis, Evangelina
Micieli, María Victoria
Bonica, Melisa Berenice
Ghiringhelli, Pablo Daniel
García, Juan José
author_facet Muttis, Evangelina
Micieli, María Victoria
Bonica, Melisa Berenice
Ghiringhelli, Pablo Daniel
García, Juan José
author_sort Muttis, Evangelina
title Mosquito Iridescent Virus : New Records from Nature and Infections Using Strelkovimermis spiculatus (Mermithidae) as a Vector Under Laboratory Conditions
title_short Mosquito Iridescent Virus : New Records from Nature and Infections Using Strelkovimermis spiculatus (Mermithidae) as a Vector Under Laboratory Conditions
title_full Mosquito Iridescent Virus : New Records from Nature and Infections Using Strelkovimermis spiculatus (Mermithidae) as a Vector Under Laboratory Conditions
title_fullStr Mosquito Iridescent Virus : New Records from Nature and Infections Using Strelkovimermis spiculatus (Mermithidae) as a Vector Under Laboratory Conditions
title_full_unstemmed Mosquito Iridescent Virus : New Records from Nature and Infections Using Strelkovimermis spiculatus (Mermithidae) as a Vector Under Laboratory Conditions
title_sort mosquito iridescent virus : new records from nature and infections using strelkovimermis spiculatus (mermithidae) as a vector under laboratory conditions
publishDate 2020
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/139811
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