Vector competence of Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus for Murray Valley encephalitis, Kunjin, and Ross River viruses from Australia
Kay, B.H.; Fanning, I.D.; Carley, J.G.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 31(4): 844-848
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9637 PMID: 6285750 Document Number: 193903
Australian populations of Culex quinquefasciatus Say (pipiens quinquefasciatus) from Brisbane, Charleville, Cairns, Kowanyama (Queensland), Darwin (Northern Territory), Mildura (Victoria) and Port Hedland (Western Australia) proved to be either poorly susceptible or refractory to oral infection with low passage level Murray Valley encephalitis, Kunjin and Ross River viruses. With respect to past or future epidemics of Murray Valley encephalitis or Kunjin (both known to cause clinical encephalitis in man), and of epidemic polyarthritis, this mosquito is viewed as an unlikely vector.