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Findings in Gene Therapy Reported from R. Girod and Co-Researchers

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, February 17th, 2011

2011 FEB 17 -- In this recent study, researchers in Cayenne, French Guiana conducted a study "To estimate the vector competence of Aedes aegypti populations sampled from distinct anthropogenic environments in French Guiana, Guadeloupe and Martinique for the strain CHIKV 06.21. F-1/F-2 females were orally infected at titres of 106 and 107.5 pfu/ml in blood-meals."

"Disseminated infection rates (DIR) of mosquitoes were estimated using indirect fluorescent antibody assay on heads' squashes, 7 or 14 days post-infection (pi). At a titre of 107.5 pfu/ml, DIR ranged from 88.9% to 100.0% and were not significantly different whether assessed at day 7 or 14 pi. At a...

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