| Literature DB >> 29871722 |
Claudia Fortuna1,2, Luciano Toma2,3, Maria Elena Remoli1, Antonello Amendola1, Francesco Severini3, Daniela Boccolini3, Roberto Romi3, Giulietta Venturi1, Giovanni Rezza1, Marco Di Luca3.
Abstract
We compared the vector competence of an Italian population of Aedes albopictus for two strains of chikungunya virus (CHIKV), with and without E1:A226V mutation, responsible for outbreaks in 2007 in the Emilia Romagna region and 2017 in the Lazio and Calabria regions, respectively. Ae. albopictus showed similar vector competence for both viral strains indicating that E1:A226V mutation is not exclusively responsible for ability of CHIKV to replicate well in this mosquito species.Entities:
Keywords: Aedes albopictus; Chikungunya virus; E1:A226V mutation; Italian outbreak; vector competence
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29871722 PMCID: PMC6152176 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.22.1800246
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Euro Surveill ISSN: 1025-496X