Zika virus transmission by Brazilian Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus is virus dose and temperature-dependent.
Thaís Chouin-CarneiroMariana Rocha DavidFernanda de Bruycker NogueiraFlávia Barreto Dos SantosRicardo Lourenço-de-OliveiraPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2020)
The ingested viral dose and incubation temperature were significant predictors of the proportion of mosquito's biting becoming infectious. Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus have the ability to transmit ZIKV when incubated at 28°C. However Brazilian populations of Ae. aegypti exhibit a much higher transmission potential for ZIKV than Ae. albopictus regardless the combination of infection dose and incubation temperature.