TY - JOUR AU - Pickering, Paul AU - Hugo, Leon E. AU - Devine, Gregor J. AU - Aaskov, John G. AU - Liu, Wenjun PY - 2020 DA - 2020/05/11 TI - Australian Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are susceptible to infection with a highly divergent and sylvatic strain of dengue virus type 2 but are unlikely to transmit it JO - Parasites & Vectors SP - 240 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Humans are the primary hosts of dengue viruses (DENV). However, sylvatic cycles of transmission can occur among non-human primates and human encroachment into forested regions can be a source of emergence of new strains such as the highly divergent and sylvatic strain of DENV2, QML22, recovered from a dengue fever patient returning to Australia from Borneo. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the vector competence of Australian Aedes aegypti mosquitoes for this virus. SN - 1756-3305 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04091-5 DO - 10.1186/s13071-020-04091-5 ID - Pickering2020 ER -