Volume 10, Number 10—October 2004
Research
Dengue Emergence and Adaptation to Peridomestic Mosquitoes
Abelardo C. Moncayo*1, Zoraida Fernandez*2, Diana Ortiz*, Mawlouth Diallo†, Amadou Sall†, Sammie Hartman*, C. Todd Davis*, Lark L. Coffey*, Christian C. Mathiot†, Robert B. Tesh*, and Scott C. Weaver*
Table 1
DENV-2 strains used in this studya
| Virus strain | Virus type | Host | Passage historyb | Blood meal titer (log10TCID50/mL) | Location | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1349 | Endemic | Human | Mosquito 2, C6/36 2 | 6.5 | Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) | 1982 |
| New Guinea C | Endemic | Human | Monkey 1, mosquito 4, C6/36 1 | 8 | New Guinea | 1944 |
| PM33974 | Sylvatic | Aedes africanus | Toxorhynchites amboinensis 1, C6/36 2 | 8 | Guinea | 1981 |
| DAK AR 2022 | Sylvatic | Ae. africanus | SM6, C6/36-2 | 10 | Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) | 1980 |
| P8-1407 | Sylvatic | Sentinel monkey | SM3, C6/36-2 | 9.5 | Malaysia | 1970 |
aDENV, dengue virus; TCID50, 50% tissue culture infective dose; SM, suckling mouse.
bC6/36, Ae. albopictus cell culture.
