Features of Multiplication of Different Clones of Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus in Aedes Aegypti Mosquitoes
Abstract
Multiplication in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes of clones of Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus (VEE) with varying pathogenicity for white mice, as well as their capacity to accumulate in salivary glands and be transmitted by bite were studied comparatively. Natural virulent variants of VEE virus, in contrast to induced mutants avirulent for white mice, multiplied intensively in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, accumulated in salivary glands and were transmitted by bite. The distinctive property of virulent variants consisted also in their capacity to cause intensive viremia. The experimental evidence suggests that these biologic properties of virulent variants may ensure their permanent circulation in nature and prevalence in the natural population of VEE virus. Induced mutants avirulent for white mice are not adapted to existence under natural conditions since during multiplication in vectors they do not penetrate into salivary glands and are not transmitted by bite, and during multiplication in mice their amount in the blood is not sufficient for infection of vectors. Low viremia also limits circulation of 'spontaneous' mutants with low pathogenicity.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0752165
Entities
People
- A. I. Lvova
- N. V. Khuteretskaya
- S. Ya. Gaidamovich
- Ya. Ya. Tsilinskii
Organizations
- United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases