Demonstration of efficient vertical and venereal transmission of dengue virus type-2 in a genetically diverse laboratory strain of Aedes aegypti

• Irma Sánchez-Vargas ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Irma Sánchez-Vargas, Laura C. Harrington

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Arthropod-borne Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, United States of America

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• Laura C. Harrington ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Irma Sánchez-Vargas, Laura C. Harrington

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2143-2051

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• Jeffrey B. Doty,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• William C. Black 4th,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Arthropod-borne Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, United States of America

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• Ken E. Olson

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Kenneth.Olson@Colostate.Edu

  Affiliation Arthropod-borne Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3135-4878

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