title: Detection of sequences from a potentially novel strain of cell fusing agent virus in Mexican Stegomyia (Aedes) aegypti mosquitoes.
abstract: Flaviviruses (FVs) are a very heterogeneous group of viruses that includes viruses capable of infecting insects and/or vertebrates. Different human-disease-causing FVs are disseminated by mosquitoes, and therefore, the search for FV in these insects has recently been proposed in order to evaluate their potential transmission in a given community. An entomological survey was carried out in Colima (the hyperendemic dengue fever transmission zone in Mexico) to collect culicidae in urban and wild areas. No human-pathogenic FVs were found, but sequences related to a potentially novel strain of cell fusing agent virus (CFAV) were detected in Stegomyia (Aedes) aegypti mosquitoes.
authors.affiliation: Transmissible Disease Study Group, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Colima, Av. Universidad 333, Colonia las víboras, CP 28040, Colima, Colima, Mexico.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Espinoza-Gómez
authors.forename: Alejandro U
authors.initials: AU
authors.lastname: López-Lemus
authors.forename: Irám P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Sanchez
authors.forename: Margarita L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Martinez-Fierro
authors.forename: Oscar A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Newton-Sánchez
authors.forename: Edgar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chávez-Flores
authors.forename: Iván
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Delgado-Enciso
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000821:virology*; D000818:Animals; D009033:Culicidae / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005416:Flavivirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000821:virology*; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny