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Volume 31, Number 3—March 2025
Research Letter

Lack of Competence of US Mosquito Species for Circulating Oropouche Virus

Anne F. Payne, Jessica Stout, Peter Dumoulin, Timothy Locksmith, Lea A. Heberlein, Molly Mitchell, Arnold Rodriguez-Hilario, Alan P. Dupuis, and Alexander T. CiotaComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Slingerlands, New York, USA (A.F. Payne, J. Stout, A.P. Dupuis II, A.T. Ciota); Florida Department of Health, Tampa, Florida, USA (P. Dumoulin, T. Locksmith, L.A. Heberlein, A. Rodriguez-Hilario); Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville, Florida, USA (M. Mitchell); University at Albany School of Public Health, Rensselaer, New York, USA (A.T. Ciota)

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Table

Vector competence of US mosquito species for Oropouche virus

Strain Input, log10 PFU/mL Species % Infected (no. tested) % Disseminated (no. tested) % Transmitted (no. tested)
OROV TRVL9760
 6.5
 Aedes albopictus 2 (50) 100 (1) 0 (1)
Anopheles quadrimaculatus 4 (26) 100 (1) 0 (1)
Culex. quinquefasciatus 2 (50) 0 (1) 0 (1)
Cx. pipiens
 0 (50)
 0
 0
OROV 240023 6.5 Ae. albopictus 0 (50) 0 0
An. quadrimaculatus 0 (31) 0 0
Cx. quinquefasciatus 0 (46) 0 0
Cx. pipiens 2 (50) 100 (1) 100 (1)

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