Evidence of laboratory vector competence of Culex modestus for West Nile virus

• Published in: Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association Vol. 23; no. 2; p. 233
• Main Authors: Balenghien, Thomas, Vazeille, Marie, Reiter, Paul, Schaffner, Francis, Zeller, Herve, Bicout, Dominique J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2007
• Subjects: Animals; Culex - virology; Female; Horses - blood; Saliva - virology; West Nile Fever - transmission; West Nile virus - physiology

During the past 10 years, West Nile virus (WNV) has been responsible for large and severe human outbreaks and horse epizootics through the Old and the New World. Since WNV was first isolated from field-collected mosquitoes of Culex modestus in 1964 in France, this species, which aggressively feeds o...