Evidence of vertical transmission of Ross River and Sindbis viruses (Togaviridae: Alphavirus) by mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in southeastern Australia

J Med Entomol. 1996 Jan;33(1):180-2. doi: 10.1093/jmedent/33.1.180.

Abstract

Ross River and Sindbis viruses were isolated from Aedes camptorhynchus adults reared from immatures collected from a salt marsh in coastal Victoria, indicating the existence of field vertical transmission. These first isolations of an arbovirus from adult mosquitoes reared from field-collected immatures in Australia indicates one mechanism for arbovirus maintenance in temperate regions.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aedes / virology*
  • Animals
  • Cell Line
  • Cricetinae
  • Female
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
  • Male
  • Ross River virus / isolation & purification*
  • Sindbis Virus / isolation & purification*
  • South Australia