Oral infection of Aedes aegypti with yellow fever virus: Geographic variation and genetic considerations Article

Tabachnick, WJ, Wallis, GP, Aitken, THG et al. (1985). Oral infection of Aedes aegypti with yellow fever virus: Geographic variation and genetic considerations . AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 34(6), 1219-1224. 10.4269/ajtmh.1985.34.1219

cited authors

  • Tabachnick, WJ; Wallis, GP; Aitken, THG; Miller, BR; Amato, GD; Lorenz, L; Powell, JR; Beaty, BJ

authors

abstract

  • Twenty-eight populations representing a worldwide distribution of Aedes aegypti were tested for their ability to become orally infected with yellow fever virus (YFV). Populations had been analyzed for genetic variations at 11 isozyme loci and assigned to one of 8 genetic geographic groups of Ae. aegypti. Infection rates suggest that populations showing isozyme genetic relatedness also demonstrate similarity to oral infection rates with YFV. The findings support the hypothesis that genetic variation exists for oral susceptibility to YFV in Ae. aegypti.

publication date

  • January 1, 1985

published in

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start page

  • 1219

end page

  • 1224

volume

  • 34

issue

  • 6