Abstract
Summary
Twenty-three different arboviruses were tested for ability to produce CPE in or to infect cell lines from larvae of Aedes albopictus and A. aegypti. Only one virus, mosquito-borne West Nile, produced CPE, and only in A. albopictus cells. Four group A viruses (Chikungunya, eastern equine encephalitis, Semliki, and Venezuelan equine encephalitis), 3 group B viruses (St. Louis, West Nile, and yellow fever), and the Indiana and New Jersey strains of vesicular stomatitis virus infected both Aedes cell lines. Colorado tick fever virus multiplied in the A. albopictus cell line only. Thirteen viruses failed to multiply in either Aedes cell line under the experimental conditions: Cowbone Ridge and Modoc, group B viruses with unknown vector; Sicilian and Naples sandfly fever viruses; Langat, a tick-borne agent in group B; and 8 tick-borne agents not of group B.
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