Transmission of Rift Valley fever virus from European-breed lambs to Culex pipiens mosquitoes
Vloet RPM, Vogels CBF, Koenraadt CJM, Pijlman GP, Eiden M, Gonzales JL, van Keulen LJM, Schreur P, Kortekaas J. Transmission of Rift Valley fever virus from European-breed lambs to Culex pipiens mosquitoes. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2017, 11: e0006145. PMID: 29281642, PMCID: PMC5760105, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006145.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRift Valley fever virusWild-type Rift Valley fever virusVector competenceNatural target speciesTarget cellsFever virusLaboratory-reared mosquitoesSkin samplesClone 13 strainPipiens mosquitoesPeak viremiaViremic periodVector competence experimentsTransmission of RVFVLocal mosquitoesInfected animalsClone 13Artificial blood feedingArtificial feeding experimentsGenus PhlebovirusSusceptible ruminantsVirusBlood feedingField-collected eggsCompetent vectors