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Volume 25, Number 2—February 2019
Dispatch

Vector Competence of Aedes caspius and Ae. albopictus Mosquitoes for Zika Virus, Spain

Rafael Gutiérrez-LópezComments to Author , Sean M. Bialosuknia, Alexander T. Ciota, Tomás Montalvo, Josue Martínez-de la Puente, Laura Gangoso, Jordi Figuerola, and Laura D. Kramer
Author affiliations: Estación Biológica de Doñana, Seville, Spain (R. Gutiérrez-López, J. Martínez-de la Puente, L. Gangoso, J. Figuerola); New York State Department of Health, Slingerlands, New York, USA (S.M. Bialosuknia, A.T. Ciota, L.D. Kramer); Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (T. Montalvo); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona (T. Montalvo, J. Martínez-de la Puente, J. Figuerola)

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Table 1

Infection, dissemination, and transmission rates of mosquitoes experimentally infected with 2 Zika virus strains, Spain

Days postinfection Mosquito species Zika virus strain* Blood meal titers,
log10 PFU/mL % Infected (total no.) % Infected disseminating % Infected transmitting
7 Aedes aegypti CAM 7.6 24.2 (33) 75 12.5
PR
 7.6
 61.8 (34)
 38.1
 0
Ae. albopictus CAM 7.6 90.5 (21) 42 10.5
PR
 7.6
 97.0 (33)
 31.3
 0
Ae. caspius
 PR
 7.7
 21.4 (14)
 0
 0
14 Ae. aegypti CAM 7.6 22.6 (31) 71.4 14.3
PR
 7.6
 45 (40)
 77.8
 16.7
Ae. albopictus CAM 7.6 81.5 (27) 81.8 9.1
PR
 7.6
 93.3 (30)
 67.9
 0
Ae. caspius
 PR
 8.7
 40 (25)
 0
 0
21 Ae. aegypti CAM 7.6 35.7 (28) 100 40
PR
 7.6
 56.3 (32)
 88.9
 38.9
Ae. albopictus CAM 7.6 94.4 (18) 82.4 23.6
PR
 7.6
 96.2 (26)
 96
 36
Ae. caspius PR 7.6 18.5 (27) 0 0

*CAM, Zika virus 2010 Cambodia strain; PR, Zika virus 2015 Puerto Rico strain.

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