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| Title |
Culex flavivirus infection in a Culex pipiens mosquito colony and its effects on vector competence for Rift Valley fever phlebovirus
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| Published in |
Parasites & Vectors, May 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13071-018-2887-4 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sandra Talavera, Lotty Birnberg, Ana I. Nuñez, Francesc Muñoz-Muñoz, Ana Vázquez, Núria Busquets |
| Abstract |
Rift Valley fever is a mosquito-borne zoonotic disease that affects domestic ruminants and humans. Culex flavivirus is an insect-specific flavivirus that naturally exists in field mosquito populations. The influence of Culex flavivirus on Rift Valley fever phlebovirus (RVFV) vector competence of Culex pipiens has not been investigated. Culex flavivirus infection in a Cx. pipiens colony was studied by Culex flavivirus oral feeding and intrathoracical inoculation. Similarly, vector competence of Cx. pipiens infected with Culex flavivirus was evaluated for RVFV. Infection, dissemination, transmission rates and transmission efficiency of Culex flavivirus-infected and non-infected Cx. pipiens artificially fed with RVFV infected blood were assessed. Culex flavivirus was able to infect Cx. pipiens after intrathoracically inoculation in Cx. pipiens mosquitos but not after Culex flavivirus oral feeding. Culex flavivirus did not affect RVFV infection, dissemination and transmission in Cx. pipiens mosquitoes. RVFV could be detected from saliva of both the Culex flavivirus-positive and negative Cx. pipiens females without significant differences. Moreover, RVFV did not interfere with the Culex flavivirus infection in Cx. pipiens mosquitoes. Culex flavivirus infected and non-infected Cx. pipiens transmit RVFV. Culex flavivirus existing in field-collected Cx. pipiens populations does not affect their vector competence for RVFV. Culex flavivirus may not be an efficient tool for RVFV control in mosquitoes. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 20 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2 | 10% |
| Austria | 1 | 5% |
| United States | 1 | 5% |
| Ecuador | 1 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |
| Brazil | 1 | 5% |
| Mexico | 1 | 5% |
| Kenya | 1 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 10 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 16 | 80% |
| Scientists | 3 | 15% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 67 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 67 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 14 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 6% |
| Researcher | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 10 | 15% |
| Unknown | 20 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 19 | 28% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 10 | 15% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 4 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 12% |
| Unknown | 19 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 September 2018.
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#2,831,586
of 24,302,917 outputs
Outputs from Parasites & Vectors
#550
of 5,728 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#57,161
of 334,315 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Parasites & Vectors
#12
of 152 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 24,302,917 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 88th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 5,728 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 5.9. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 90% of its peers.
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