title: Culex torrentium Mosquito Role as Major Enzootic Vector Defined by Rate of Sindbis Virus Infection, Sweden, 2009.
abstract: We isolated Sindbis virus (SINV) from the enzootic mosquito vectors Culex torrentium, Cx. pipiens, and Culiseta morsitans collected in an area of Sweden where SINV disease is endemic. The infection rate in Cx. torrentium mosquitoes was exceptionally high (36 infections/1,000 mosquitoes), defining Cx. torrentium as the main enzootic vector of SINV in Scandinavia.
authors.forename: Jenny C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hesson
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Verner-Carlsson
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Larsson
authors.forename: Raija
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Åke
authors.initials: Å
authors.lastname: Lundkvist
authors.forename: Jan O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Lundström
mesh_terms: D018354:Alphavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology*; D000818:Animals; D003465:Culex / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D005814:Genes, Viral; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000821:virology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral; D012845:Sindbis Virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral
keywords: Alphavirus; Culex; Europe; Sindbis virus; Sweden; arthritis; arthropod vector; enzootic; mosquitoborne; mosquitoes; vector-borne infections; viruses