AUTHOR=Smartt Chelsea T. , Shin Dongyoung , Kang Seokyoung , Tabachnick Walter J. 

TITLE=Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) From Florida Transmitted Zika Virus

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2018

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00768

DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2018.00768

ISSN=1664-302X

ABSTRACT=<p>We report a laboratory colony of <italic>Culex quinquefasciatus</italic> mosquitoes were experimentally able to salivate Zika virus (ZIKV, <italic>Flaviviridae; Flavivirus</italic>) at 16 days post infection (dpi). ZIKV RNA was detected in bodies and in saliva deposited on filter paper cards with subsequent studies demonstrating the presence of live ZIKV in saliva.</p>