Culex quinquefasciatus from Rio de Janeiro Is Not Competent to Transmit the Local Zika Virus.

• Main Authors: Rosilainy Surubi Fernandes (Author), Stéphanie Silva Campos (Author), Anielly Ferreira- (Author), Rafaella Moraes de Miranda (Author), Keli Antunes Barbosa da Silva (Author), Marcia Gonçalves de Castro (Author), Lidiane M S Raphael (Author), Patrícia Brasil (Author), Anna-Bella Failloux (Author), Myrna C Bonaldo (Author), Ricardo Lourenço- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:The Americas have suffered a dramatic epidemic of Zika since May in 2015, when Zika virus (ZIKV) was first detected in Brazil. Mosquitoes belonging to subgenus Stegomyia of Aedes, particularly Aedes aegypti, are considered the primary vectors of ZIKV. However, the rapid spread of the viru...