Togavirus interference in Culex annulirostris mosquitoes.
Culex annulirostris mosquitoes infected with SFV-S, a temperature-sensitive, small-plaque mutant of Semliki Forest virus isolated from cultured Aedes albopictus cells, could not be infected later with wild-type virus (SFV-W). Interference occurred as soon as 24 h after infection with SFV-S. In mosquitoes infected with a mixture of the two viruses, both replicated normally.
D000330:Aedes; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D003465:Culex / Q000382:microbiology*; D009154:Mutation; D012672:Semliki forest virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*; D013696:Temperature; D014762:Viral Interference; D014779:Virus Replication