Evidence of vertical transmission of Ross River and Sindbis viruses (Togaviridae: Alphavirus) by mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in southeastern Australia.
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.
Victorian Institute of Animal Science, Attwood, Australia.
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D000330:Aedes / Q000821:virology*; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D006224:Cricetinae; D005260:Female; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008297:Male; D012398:Ross River virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012845:Sindbis Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013021:South Australia