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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 73(1), 2005, pp. 11-16
Copyright © 2005 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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SUSCEPTIBILITY OF OCHLEROTATUS TAENIORHYNCHUS AND CULEX NIGRIPALPUS FOR EVERGLADES VIRUS

LARK L. COFFEY* AND SCOTT C. WEAVER
Department of Pathology and Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

Everglades virus (EVEV), an alphavirus in the Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) complex, is a mosquito-borne human pathogen endemic to South Florida. Field isolations of EVEV from Culex (Melanoconion) cedecei and laboratory susceptibility experiments established this species as its primary vector. However, isolates of EVEV from Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus and Culex nigripalpus, more abundant and widespread species in South Florida, suggested that they also transmit EVEV and could infect many people. We performed susceptibility experiments with F1 generation Oc. taeniorhynchus and Cx. nigripalpus to evaluate their permissiveness to EVEV infection. In contrast to the high degree of susceptibility of Cx. (Mel.) cedecei, Oc. taeniorhynchus and Cx. nigripalpus were relatively refractory to oral EVEV infection, indicating that they are probably not important vectors. Identification of vectors involved in enzootic EVEV transmission will assist in understanding potential changes in vector use that could accompany the emergence of epizootic or epidemic EVEV.

Received July 15, 2004. Accepted for publication January 15, 2005.

Financial support: L.L.C. was supported by the James W. McLaughlin Fellowship Fund. This research was supported by NIH grant 48807.

* Address correspondence to Lark L. Coffey, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-0609. E-mail: llcoffey{at}utmb.edu

Authors’ addresses: Lark L. Coffey and Scott C. Weaver, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas 77555-0609, Telephone: (409) 747-0758 (Weaver), (409) 747-2440 (Coffey), Fax: (409) 747-2415.

Reprint requests: Scott Weaver, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas 77555-0609.






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