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Zika Virus in Salivary Glands of Five Different Species of Wild-Caught Mosquitoes from Mexico

Overview of attention for article published in Scientific Reports, January 2018
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Title
Zika Virus in Salivary Glands of Five Different Species of Wild-Caught Mosquitoes from Mexico
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Scientific Reports, January 2018
DOI 10.1038/s41598-017-18682-3
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Darwin Elizondo-Quiroga, Aarón Medina-Sánchez, Jorge M. Sánchez-González, Kristen Allison Eckert, Erendira Villalobos-Sánchez, Antonio Rigoberto Navarro-Zúñiga, Gustavo Sánchez-Tejeda, Fabián Correa-Morales, Cassandra González-Acosta, Carlos F. Arias, Susana López, Rosa María del Ángel, Victoria Pando-Robles, Armando E. Elizondo-Quiroga

Abstract

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne pathogen, and Aedes aegypti has been identified as the main vector of the disease. Other mosquito species in the Aedes and Culex genera have been suggested to have the potential for being competent vectors based on experimental exposition of mosquitoes to an infectious blood meal containing ZIKV. Here, we report the isolation in cell culture of ZIKV obtained from different body parts of wild-caught female mosquitoes (Ae. aegypti, Ae. vexans, Cx. quinquefasciatus, Cx. coronator, and Cx. tarsalis) and whole male mosquitoes (Ae. aegypti and Cx. quinquefasciatus) in Mexico. Importantly, this is the first report that shows the presence of the virus in the salivary glands of the wild-caught female mosquitoes species, Cx. coronator, Cx. tarsalis, and Ae. vexans. Our findings strongly suggest that all the species reported herein are potential vectors for ZIKV.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 117 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 26 22%
Student > Master 18 15%
Student > Doctoral Student 14 12%
Student > Bachelor 11 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 9%
Other 17 15%
Unknown 20 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 29 25%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 20 17%
Immunology and Microbiology 13 11%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 7 6%
Environmental Science 4 3%
Other 17 15%
Unknown 27 23%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 45. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 August 2019.
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