Zika virus potential vectors among aedes mosquitoes from hokkaido, northern japan: Implications for potential emergence of zika disease

• Main Authors: Leo Uchida, Miki Shibuya, Ronald Enrique Morales-Vargas, Katsuro Hagiwara, Yasukazu Muramatsu
• Other Authors: Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/76087
• Institution: Mahidol University

The Zika virus (ZIKV) is a rapidly expanding mosquito-borne virus that causes febrile illness in humans. Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus are the primary ZIKV vectors; however, the potential vector competence of other Aedes mosquitoes distributed in northern Japan (Palearctic ecozone) are not yet kn...