Potential Vector Competence of Mosquitoes to Transmit Baiyangdian Virus, a New Tembusu-Related Virus in China.

Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis

Department of Vector Biology and Control, State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Key Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China.

Published: July 2020

A new duck Tembusu-related flavivirus, Baiyangdian virus (BYDV), caused duck egg-drop syndrome in China. The rapid spread, unknown transmission routes, and zoonotic nature, raise serious concern about BYDV as a potential threat to human health. The study provides the first evaluation on the vector competence of and mosquitoes to transmit BYDV in China. The results show that , , , and can become infected with BYD-1 virus (BYDV-1) on different days after oral infection. Although the viral copies in was higher than that in at 13 days postinfection (χ = 10.385,  = 0.016), there was no significant differences between infection rates of four mosquito species (χ = 3.98,  = 0.137). In transmission experiment, healthy ducks were infected after being bitten by virus-positive mosquitoes and BYDV-1 disseminated to and replicated in the duck brains. These findings verified the potential role of and as vectors of BYDV-1. BYDV-1 was also detected in salivary gland of , which indicated that this virus could be transmitted by mosquitoes. These results provide evidence for the role of mosquitoes in the transmission cycles involving BYDV-1 and avian hosts in China.

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