Potential for North American Mosquitoes to transmit West Nile Virus
Potential vectors of West Nile virus based on laboratory vector competence studies:
Efficient | Moderate | Inefficient |
|---|---|---|
Ae. albopictus | Ae. aegypti | Ps. ferox |
| Ae. vexans |
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Cx. salinarius |
| Cq. perturbans |
Cx. tarsalis | Cx. nigripalpus |
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| Cx. pipiens | Oc. canadensis |
Oc. atropalpus | Cx. quinquefasciatus | Oc. cantator |
Oc. j. japonicus | Cx. restuans | Oc. sollicitans |
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| Oc. taeniorhynchus |
| Oc. triseriatus |
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Excerpted from: "Potential for North American Mosquitoes to transmit West Nile Virus" by Michael J. Turell, Michael R. Sardelis, David J. Dohm, and Monica L. O'Guinn. U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland.