Abstract
This reports infectability of several Trinidadian mosquitoes with Kairi virus. Mosquitoes were inoculated and salivary gland virus was passaged weekly: for 5 weeks in Aedes scapularis , 4 weeks in A. taeniorhynchus , 1 week in Mansonia titillans and 3 weeks in Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus . All 4 species transmitted Kairi virus by the bite of single mosquitoes after extrinsic incubation for 14–19 days. An attempt to infect A. scapularis by feeding on an infected mouse failed. C. pipiens quinquefasciatus does not appear to be a suitable host for Kairi virus.
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