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=

We report a laboratory colony of Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes were experimentally able to salivate Zika virus (ZIKV, Flaviviridae; Flavivirus) 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.