2026-04-17T14:09:49Zhttps://recercat.cat/oai/requestoai:recercat.cat:20.500.12327/1452025-10-22T11:08:56Zcom_2072_4428com_2072_4427col_2072_487898
RECERCAT
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Brustolin, M.
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Santamaria, C.
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Napp, S.
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Verdún, M.
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Rivas, R.
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Pujol, N.
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Talavera, S.
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Busquets, N.
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Producció Animal
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Sanitat Animal
2025-10-22T11:08:56Z
2025-10-22T11:08:56Z
2018-07-27
Brustolin, M., C. Santamaria, S. Napp, M. Verdún, R. Rivas, N. Pujol, S. Talavera, and N. Busquets. 2018. "Experimental Study Of The Susceptibility Of A European Aedes Albopictus Strain To Dengue Virus Under A Simulated Mediterranean Temperature Regime". Medical And Veterinary Entomology 32 (4): 393-398. Wiley. doi:10.1111/mve.12325.
0269-283X
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12327/145
https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12325
Dengue virus (DENV) has re‐emerged in Europe driven by the geographic expansion of the mosquito species Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) and the introduction of the virus by viraemic travellers. In the present study, the vector competence (VC) of Ae. albopictus collected in Catalonia (northeast Spain) was evaluated for two different DENV strains, DENV‐1 and DENV‐2, the serotypes responsible for all outbreaks of dengue that have occurred in Europe. Mosquitoes were reared under environmental conditions mimicking the mean temperature and humidity recorded in July on the Mediterranean coast of Catalonia. Mosquitoes were fed on an artificial infectious bloodmeal and, at 14 days post‐exposure, infection, disseminated infection and transmission rates (IR, DIR, TR) and transmission efficiency (TE) were determined by testing the virus in the body, legs and saliva. The tested Ae. albopictus strain was found to be susceptible to both DENV‐1 and DENV‐2 and to be able to transmit DENV‐1. This is the first time that the VC of Ae. albopictus for DENV has been tested in Europe in this specific context (i.e. mimicking the Mediterranean temperature and humidity recorded in Catalonia in July). This study confirms the potential of Ae. albopictus to start autochthonous DENV transmission cycles in the Mediterranean basin.
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Experimental study of the susceptibility of a European Aedes albopictus strain to dengue virus under a simulated Mediterranean temperature regime
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