Unidad de Biotecnología Médica y Farmacéutica, Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
Secretaria de Salud Jalisco, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
Sci Rep. 2018 Jan 16;8(1):809. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-18682-3.
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne pathogen, and Aedes aegypti has been identified as the main vector of the disease. Other mosquito species in the Aedes and Culex genera have been suggested to have the potential for being competent vectors based on experimental exposition of mosquitoes to an infectious blood meal containing ZIKV. Here, we report the isolation in cell culture of ZIKV obtained from different body parts of wild-caught female mosquitoes (Ae. aegypti, Ae. vexans, Cx. quinquefasciatus, Cx. coronator, and Cx. tarsalis) and whole male mosquitoes (Ae. aegypti and Cx. quinquefasciatus) in Mexico. Importantly, this is the first report that shows the presence of the virus in the salivary glands of the wild-caught female mosquitoes species, Cx. coronator, Cx. tarsalis, and Ae. vexans. Our findings strongly suggest that all the species reported herein are potential vectors for ZIKV.
Zika 病毒（ZIKV）是一种蚊媒病原体，埃及伊蚊已被确定为该疾病的主要传播媒介。其他属的埃及伊蚊和库蚊属的蚊子种类已被证明具有作为潜在媒介的能力，这是基于对蚊子进行实验性暴露于含有 ZIKV 的传染性血液餐的研究。在这里，我们报告了从墨西哥野外捕获的雌性蚊子（埃及伊蚊、白纹伊蚊、致倦库蚊、环纹库蚊和库蚊）的不同身体部位以及完整的雄性蚊子（埃及伊蚊和致倦库蚊）中分离出的 ZIKV 在细胞培养中的分离。重要的是，这是首次报道表明病毒存在于野外捕获的雌性蚊子种类库蚊、环纹库蚊和白纹伊蚊的唾液腺中。我们的研究结果强烈表明，本文报道的所有物种均可能是 ZIKV 的传播媒介。
