Vector competence of Malaysian Aedes aegypti to Zika virus and impact of sequential arbovirus infections

• Main Authors: Ong, Nyee Huey, Chua, Chong Long, Liew, Jonathan Wee Kent, Wan Sulaiman, Wan Yusoff, Chan, Yoke Fun, Sam, I-Ching, Vythilingam, Indra
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/25452/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105472

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus with global impact since 2015. Although ZIKV was first isolated from Aedes aegypti in Malaysia in 1965, not much is known about the competency of Malaysian Ae. aegypti to ZIKV. To date only 9 cases of ZIKV have been reported in Malaysia despite the ab...