SynthesisPLoS neglected tropical diseases2023
Secondary vectors of Zika Virus, a systematic review of laboratory vector competence studies.
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- Low inducer concentrations at 10 °C promotes soluble recombinant expression of Aedes aegypti mosquito midgut proteases in E. coli.Microbial cell factories · 2026Article
- Comparative vector competence analysis reveals differential Tembusu virus transmission efficiency between Aedes albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus.Parasites & vectors · 2026Article
- Differences in metavirome among Aedes albopictus, Culex tritaeniorhynchus, and Anopheles sinensis in Jiangxi Province, China.Parasites & vectors · 2026Article
- Low Inducer Concentrations at 10°C Promotes Soluble Recombinant Expression of Aedes aegypti Mosquito Midgut Proteases in E. coli.Research square · 2025Article
- Biochemical and physiological characterization of Aedes aegypti midgut chymotrypsin.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Comprehensive proteolytic profiling of Aedes aegypti mosquito midgut extracts: Unraveling the blood meal protein digestion system.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Evaluating vector competence for Yellow fever in the Caribbean.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Insight into the Natural Biomolecules (BMs): Promising Candidates as Zika Virus Inhibitors.Infectious disorders drug targets · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundAfter the unprecedented Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak in the western hemisphere from 2015-2018, Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus are now well established primary and secondary ZIKV vectors, respectively. Consensus about identification and importance of other secondary ZIKV vectors remain. This systematic review aims to provide a list of vector species capable of transmitting ZIKV by reviewing evidence from laboratory vector competence (VC) studies and to identify key knowledge gaps and issues within the ZIKV VC literature.
methodsA search was performed until 15th March 2022 on the Cochrane Library, Lilacs, PubMed, Web of Science, WHOLIS and Google Scholar. The search strings included three general categories: 1) "ZIKA"; 2) "vector"; 3) "competence", "transmission", "isolation", or "feeding behavior" and their combinations. Inclusion and exclusion criteria has been predefined and quality of included articles was assessed by STROBE and STROME-ID criteria.
findingsFrom 8,986 articles retrieved, 2,349 non-duplicates were screened by title and abstracts,103 evaluated using the full text, and 45 included in this analysis. Main findings are 1) secondary vectors of interest include Ae. japonicus, Ae. detritus, and Ae. vexans at higher temperature 2) Culex quinquefasciatus was not found to be a competent vector of ZIKV, 3) considerable heterogeneity in VC, depending on the local mosquito strain and virus used in testing was observed. Critical issues or gaps identified included 1) inconsistent definitions of VC parameters across the literature; 2) equivalency of using different mosquito body parts to evaluate VC parameters for infection (mosquito bodies versus midguts), dissemination (heads, legs or wings versus salivary glands), and transmission (detection or virus amplification in saliva, FTA cards, transmission to neonatal mice); 3) articles that fail to use infectious virus assays to confirm the presence of live virus; 4) need for more studies using murine models with immunocompromised mice to infect mosquitoes.
conclusionRecent, large collaborative multi-country projects to conduct large scale evaluations of specific mosquito species represent the most appropriate approach to establish VC of mosquito species.
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