2017
Virus interferes with host-seeking behaviour of mosquito
Vogels CBF, Fros JJ, Pijlman GP, van Loon JJA, Gort G, Koenraadt CJM. Virus interferes with host-seeking behaviour of mosquito. Journal Of Experimental Biology 2017, 220: 3598-3603. PMID: 28978641, DOI: 10.1242/jeb.164186.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVector competence of northern and southern European Culex pipiens pipiens mosquitoes for West Nile virus across a gradient of temperatures
Vogels CBF, Göertz GP, Pijlman GP, Koenraadt CJM. Vector competence of northern and southern European Culex pipiens pipiens mosquitoes for West Nile virus across a gradient of temperatures. Medical And Veterinary Entomology 2017, 31: 358-364. PMID: 28752627, DOI: 10.1111/mve.12251.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Comparative Usutu and West Nile virus transmission potential by local Culex pipiens mosquitoes in north-western Europe
Fros JJ, Miesen P, Vogels CB, Gaibani P, Sambri V, Martina BE, Koenraadt CJ, van Rij RP, Vlak JM, Takken W, Pijlman GP. Comparative Usutu and West Nile virus transmission potential by local Culex pipiens mosquitoes in north-western Europe. One Health 2015, 1: 31-36. PMID: 28616462, PMCID: PMC5441354, DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2015.08.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWest Nile virusUsutu virusMosquito-borne flavivirusHigh mortality rateVirus transmission potentialNeuroinvasive diseaseUSUV transmissionWNV infectionEuropean mosquitoesMortality rateInfected mosquitoesInfection rateMosquito midgutSmall interferingNile virusTransmission potentialVirusEntire viral genomeTransmission dynamicsVector competenceCulex pipiens mosquitoesRNA deep sequencingMosquitoesViral genomeSmall RNA deep sequencing