Detection of sequences from a potentially novel strain of cell fusing agent virus in Mexican Stegomyia (Aedes) aegypti mosquitoes

Arch Virol. 2011 Jul;156(7):1263-7. doi: 10.1007/s00705-011-0967-2. Epub 2011 Mar 16.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aedes / virology*
  • Animals
  • Culicidae / virology
  • Female
  • Flavivirus / classification
  • Flavivirus / genetics
  • Flavivirus / isolation & purification*
  • Insect Vectors / virology*
  • Male
  • Mexico
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny