Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Aedes albopictus in the United States: Ten-Year Presence and Public Health Implications

Chester G. Moore

and Carl J. Mitchell

Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

Susceptibility of Aedes albopictus to oral infection with arboviruses and ability to transmit by bite^*

	Ae. albopictus strains from
	Hawaii and areas outside W. Hemisphere		North and South America
Viruses	Infect.	Trans.	Infect.	Trans.
Chikungunya	+	+	+	+
Dengue 1, 2, 3, 4	+	+	+	+
Eastern equine encephalitis	+	+	+	+
Jamestown Canyon			+	+
Japanese encephalitis	+	+
Keystone			+	-
La Crosse			+	+
Mayaro			+	+
Nodamura	+	?
Oropouche			+	-
Orungo	+	+
Potosi			+	+
Rift Valley fever			+	+
Ross River	+	+	+	+
San Angelo	+	+
Sindbis			+	+
St. Louis encephalitis	+	+
Trivittatus			+	-
West Nile	+	+
Western equine encephalitis	+	+	+	+
Venezuelan equine encephalitis			+	+
Yellow fever	+	+	+	+

^* Modified from Mitchell (1991) (10)