ArticleParasites & vectors2025
Laboratory evidence on the vector competence of European field-captured Culex theileri for circulating West Nile virus lineages 1 and 2.
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- Present and Future of Mosquito-Borne Disease Control in Europe with a Specific Focus on the Mediterranean.Insects · 2026Review
- ERGA-BGE Genomes of Culex laticinctus, Culex modestus, Culex perexiguus, and Culex theileri: Unveiling the Genomes of the Key Vectors of West Nile Virus in the Mediterranean Basin.Genome biology and evolution · 2026Article
- Field-Collected Belgian Culex pipiens and Culex torrentium Mosquitoes are Competent for West Nile Virus Under Different Temperature Conditions.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2026Article
- Rapid-Response Vector Surveillance and Emergency Control During the Largest West Nile Virus Outbreak in Southern Spain.Insects · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundCulex theileri (Theobald, 1903) is distributed in Afrotropical, Paleartic, and Oriental regions. It is a mainly mammophilic floodwater mosquito that is involved in the transmission of West Nile virus (WNV, renamed as Orthoflavivirus nilense by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses [ICTV]) in Africa. This virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that is kept in an enzootic cycle mainly between birds and mosquitoes of the Culex genus. Occasionally, it affects mammals including humans and equines causing encephalopathies. The main purpose of the present study was to evaluate the vector competence of a European field-captured Cx. theileri population for circulating WNV lineages (1 and 2).
methodsField-collected Cx. theileri larvae from Sevilla province (Spain) were reared in the laboratory under summer environmental conditions. To assess the vector competence for WNV transmission, 10-12 day old Cx. theileri females were fed with blood doped with WNV lineages 1 and 2 (7 log
resultsA Culex theileri population was experimentally confirmed as a highly competent vector for WNV (both lineages 1 and 2). The virus successfully infected and disseminated within Cx. theileri mosquitoes, and infectious virus isolated from their saliva indicated their potential to transmit the virus. Transmission efficiency was 50% for lineage 1 (for both 14 and 21 dpe), while it was 24% and 37.5% for lineage 2, respectively. There was barely any effect of the midgut infection barrier for lineage 1 and a moderate effect for lineage 2. The main barrier which limited the virus infection within the mosquito was the midgut escape barrier.
conclusionsIn the present study, the high transmission efficiency supports that Cx. theileri is competent to transmit WNV. However, vector density and feeding patterns of Cx. theileri mosquitoes must be considered when estimating their vectorial capacity for WNV in the field.
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