Sardelis M R, Turell M J, Dohm D J, O'Guinn M L
Division of Tropical Public Health, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2001 Nov-Dec;7(6):1018-22. doi: 10.3201/eid0706.010617.
To control West Nile virus (WNV), it is necessary to know which mosquitoes are able to transmit this virus. Therefore, we evaluated the WNV vector potential of several North American mosquito species. Culex restuans and Cx. salinarius, two species from which WNV was isolated in New York in 2000, were efficient laboratory vectors. Cx. quinquefasciatus and Cx. nigripalpus from Florida were competent but only moderately efficient vectors. Coquillettidia perturbans was an inefficient laboratory vector. As WNV extends its range, exposure of additional mosquito species may alter its epidemiology.
为了控制西尼罗河病毒（WNV），有必要了解哪些蚊子能够传播这种病毒。因此，我们评估了几种北美蚊子物种传播WNV的可能性。致倦库蚊和盐泽库蚊这两个物种于2000年在纽约分离出WNV，它们是高效的实验室传播媒介。来自佛罗里达州的致乏库蚊和黑须库蚊具有传播能力，但只是中等效率的传播媒介。骚扰库蚊是低效的实验室传播媒介。随着WNV传播范围的扩大，更多蚊子物种的接触可能会改变其流行病学特征。
