Lack of evidence for Zika virus transmission by Culex mosquitoes

Christopher M Roundy (1) , Sasha R Azar (1) , Aaron C Brault (2) , Gregory D Ebel (3) , Anna-Bella Failloux (4) , Ildefonso Fernandez-Salas (5) , Uriel Kitron (6) , Laura D Kramer (7) , Ricardo Lourenço-De-Oliveira (8) , Jorge E Osorio (9) , Igor D Paploski (8) , Gonzalo M Vazquez-Prokopec (6) , Guilherme S Ribeiro (8, 10) , Scott A Ritchie (11) , Laura B Tauro (8) , Nikos Vasilakis (1) , Scott C Weaver (1)

1 UTMB - The University of Texas Medical Branch
2 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
3 CSU - Colorado State University [Fort Collins]
4 Arbovirus et Insectes Vecteurs - Arboviruses and Insect Vectors
5 CRISP - Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública = Regional Centre of Research in Public Health [Tapachula, Mexique]
6 Emory University [Atlanta, GA]
7 Wadsworth Center
8 FIOCRUZ - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
9 University of Wisconsin-Madison
10 UFBA - Universidade Federal da Bahia
11 JCU - James Cook University

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, Since Zika virus (ZIKV) emerged in the Americas, major research efforts have been focused on identifying the mosquito species responsible for transmission. [...]

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Virology

Christopher M Roundy, Sasha R Azar, Aaron C Brault, Gregory D Ebel, Anna-Bella Failloux, et al.. Lack of evidence for Zika virus transmission by Culex mosquitoes. Emerging microbes & infections, 2017, 6, pp.e90. ⟨10.1038/emi.2017.85⟩. ⟨pasteur-01677831⟩