Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 453: High Rate of Non-Human Feeding by Aedes aegypti Reduces Zika Virus Transmission in South Texas
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 453: High Rate of Non-Human Feeding by Aedes aegypti Reduces Zika Virus Transmission in South Texas
Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12040453
Authors:
Mark F. Olson
Martial L. Ndeffo-Mbah
Jose G. Juarez
Selene Garcia-Luna
Estelle Martin
Monica K. Borucki
Matthias Frank
José Guillermo Estrada-Franco
Mario A. Rodríguez-Pérez
Nadia A. Fernández-Santos
Gloria de Jesús Molina-Gamboa
Santos Daniel Carmona Aguirre
Bernardita de Lourdes Reyes-Berrones
Luis Javier Cortés-De la cruz
Alejandro García-Barrientos
Raúl E. Huidobro-Guevara
Regina M. Brussolo-Ceballos
Josue Ramirez
Aaron Salazar
Luis F. Chaves
Ismael E. Badillo-Vargas
Gabriel L. Hamer
Mosquito-borne viruses are emerging or re-emerging globally, afflicting millions of people around the world. Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, is the principal vector of dengue, Zika, and chikungunya viruses, and has well-established populations across tropical and subtropical urban areas of the Americas, including the southern United States. While intense arboviral epidemics have occurred in Mexico and further south in the Americas, local transmission in the United States has been minimal. Here, we study Ae. aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus host feeding patterns and vertebrate host communities in residential environments of South Texas to identify host-utilization relative to availability. Only 31% of Ae. aegypti blood meals were derived from humans, while 50% wer...
Source: Viruses - Category: Virology Authors: Mark F. Olson Martial L. Ndeffo-Mbah Jose G. Juarez Selene Garcia-Luna Estelle Martin Monica K. Borucki Matthias Frank Jos é Guillermo Estrada-Franco Mario A. Rodr íguez-Pérez Nadia A. Fern ández-Santos Gloria de Jes ús Molina-Gamboa Santos Daniel Ca Tags: Article Source Type: research
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