A new arbovirus from Aedes albopictus, an Asian mosquito established in the United States

• Published in: Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 250; no. 4988; pp. 1738 - 1740
• Main Authors: Francy, D.B. (U.S. Public Health Service, Fort Collins, CO), Karabatsos, N, Wesson, D.M, Moore, C.G. Jr, Lazuick, J.S, Niebylski, M.L, Tsai, T.F, Craig, G.B. Jr
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Society for the Advancement of Science 21.12.1990; American Association for the Advancement of Science; The American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Subjects: Aedes; Aedes - microbiology; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; Analysis; Animals; Antibodies; Arbovirus; Arbovirus diseases; Arboviruses; Arboviruses - isolation & purification; Asia; Biological and medical sciences; Bunyamwera virus; Culicidae; Demographic aspects; Dengue; Dengue fever; Diptera; Disease transmission; Encephalitis; Epidemiology; Freshwater; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Insect Vectors; Larvae; Medical research; Microbiology; MISSOURI; Mosquitoes; Mosquitos; Neutralization tests; Public health; United States; VECTEUR DE MALADIE; VECTORES; Virology; VIRUS; Viruses; Asia; United States; United States > US; Missouri; USA, Missouri; Virus; Aedes albopictus; Bunyaviridae; Arthropoda; Insecta; Culicidae; Invertebrata; Vector; Diptera
• ISSN: 0036-8075; 1095-9203
• DOI: 10.1126/science.2270489

Ten strains of a new arbovirus belonging to the Bunyamwera group (Bunyaviridae) were recovered from field-collected Aedes albopictus mosquitoes in Potosi, Missouri. This evidence indicates that this species may serve as an arbovirus vector in the United States. The urban-suburban distribution, aggressive biting behavior, and broad viral susceptibility of Ae. albopictus may lead to the transmission of viruses of known public health importance and perhaps of viruses hitherto not transmitted to humans because of the feeding pattern of their usual vectors