Species-specific susceptibility and low transmission of the historical Japanese encephalitis virus Nakayama strain in North American Culex mosquitoes
Rachel L. Fay, Elyse M. Banker, Anne F. Payne, Alan P. Dupuis, J Stout, Alexis Russell, Victoria Schnurr, Sean M. Bialosuknia, Laura Munn, Erin A. Mordecai, Alexander T. Ciota
This study assesses the vector competence of North American Culex mosquitoes for the JEV Nakayama strain across temperatures, finding low but non-zero transmission potential with Cx. pipiens as the most permissive species.
bioRxiv · Aug 11, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology