Limited potential for mosquito transmission of a live, attenuated Chikungunya virus vaccine
Autor(es): Turell M J, Malinoski F J
Resumo: Studies were conducted to determine the potential for transmission of a live, attenuated chikungunya (CHIK) virus vaccine by orally exposed or virus-inoculated mosquitoes. The vaccine (CHIK 181/clone 25) replicated in - was transmitted by female Aedes albopictus - Ae. aegypti after intrathoracic inoculation. Mosquitoes also became infected with the vaccine after ingesting virus from either a blood-soaked cotton pledget or a viremic monkey. However, because of the low viremias produced in inoculated humans, it is unlikely that mosquitoes would become infected by feeding on a person inoculated with the live, attenuated CHIK vaccine. Although the vaccine was transmitted by mosquitoes after intrathoracic inoculation, there was no evidence of reversion to a virulent phenotype.
Imprenta: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, v. 47, n. 1, p. 98-103, 1992
Identificador do objeto digital: 10.4269/ajtmh.1992.47.98
Descritores: Chikungunya virus - Pathogenesis ; Chikungunya virus - Infectious diseases ; Chikungunya virus - Viral infections ; Chikungunya Virus - Virus ; Chikungunya virus - Transmission ; Chikungunya virus - Vaccine ; Chikungunya virus - Immunology ; Chikungunya virus - Public health
Data de publicação: 1992