title: First record of a mosquito iridescent virus in Culex pipiens L. (Diptera: Culicidae).
abstract: The mosquito iridescent viruses (MIVs) are large icosahedral DNA viruses that replicate and assemble in the cytoplasm of the host. Paracrystalline arrangements of virions that accumulate in the cytoplasm produce an iridescent color that is symptomatic of acute infections. In August 2010, we found larvae of Culex pipiens with these symptoms in suburban ditches around the city of La Plata, Argentina. Electron microscope studies, DNA sequencing, and phylogenetic analysis of the major capsid protein confirmed this as the first record of an MIV in C. Pipiens.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y Vectores (CEPAVE-CONICET-CCT-La Plata-UNLP), Calle 2 No 584, 1900 La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. evangelinamuttis@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Evangelina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Muttis
authors.forename: Solange A B
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Miele
authors.forename: Mariano N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Belaich
authors.forename: Maria V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Micieli
authors.forename: James J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Becnel
authors.forename: Pablo D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Ghiringhelli
authors.forename: Juan J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: García
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003465:Culex / Q000821:virology*; D017994:Iridovirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007814:Larva / Q000821:virology; D010802:Phylogeny; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA