Sentence examples for primary vector the from inspiring English sources

The majority of LACV infections are transmitted to humans through the bite of the primary vector, the eastern tree-hole mosquito, Aedes triseriatus [4], [5].

Recent work has shown dengue virus displays limited replication in its primary vector, the mosquito Aedes aegypti, when the insect harbors the endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia pipientis.

Maintenance and transmission of the virus typically occurs in or near focal wooded areas where the primary vector, the eastern tree-hole mosquito, Ae. triseriatus [9], [10], [11], [12], and the primary amplification hosts the eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus), the gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis), and the fox squirrel (Sciurus niger), are in close contact [2], [13], [14].

Because it is a tick-transmitted disease, the distribution of louping ill is closely associated with the distribution of the primary vector, the tick Ixodes ricinus.

However, if A. cajennense ticks are the primary vector, the outbreak will likely be confined to this region because southeastern Texas is the northern extent of the range of this tick in the United States (11 ).

For example, the strain of West Nile virus originally introduced to North America (NY99) has since been displaced by another strain (WN02) which has a shorter extrinsic incubation period within its primary vectors, the Culex spp. mosquitoes [13].

The objective of the present study is to identify the primary vector at the origin of the Libreville outbreak.

The primary vector of the spread of the disease is the psyllid (Diaphorina Citri Kuwayama) [3].

At present, dengue control focuses on reducing the density of the primary vector for the disease, Aedes aegypti, which is the only vulnerable link in the chain of transmission.

The primary vector at the origin of the 2007 outbreak in Libreville, Gabon is identified as Aedes albopictus, trapped around the nearby French military camp.

Thus, our data support the role of Hg. leucocelaenus mosquitoes as the primary vector of the sylvan yellow fever in the state.