@article{fdi:010079953, title = {{V}ector competence for dengue-2 viruses isolated from patients with different disease severity}, author = {{M}orales-{V}argas, {R}. {E}. and {M}iss{\'e}, {D}oroth{\'e}e and {C}havez, {I}. {F}. and {K}ittayapong, {P}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{D}ynamics of dengue serotype 2 virus isolated from patients with different disease severity, namely flu-like classic dengue fever ({DF}) and dengue shock syndrome ({DSS}) were studied in its mosquito vector {A}edes aegypti. {W}e compared isolate infectivity and vector competence ({VC}) among thirty two {A}. aegypti-viral isolate pairs. {M}osquito populations from high dengue incidence area exhibited overall greater {VC} than those from low dengue incidence area at 58.1% and 52.5%, respectively. {O}n the other hand, the overall infection rates for the isolates {T}h{NR}2/772 ({DF}, 62.3%) and {T}h{NR}2/391 ({DSS}, 60.9%), were significantly higher than those for isolates {T}h{NR}2/406 ({DF}, 55.2%) and {T}h{NR}2/479 ({DSS}, 54.8%). {T}hese results suggest that the efficacy of dengue virus circulation was likely to vary according to the combination between the virus strains and origin of the mosquito strains, and this may have epidemiologic implications toward the incidence of flu-like classic dengue fever ({DF}) and dengue shock syndrome ({DSS}).}, keywords = {dengue virus ; disease severity ; vector competence ; {THAILANDE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{P}athogens}, volume = {9}, numero = {10}, pages = {859 [13 ]}, year = {2020}, DOI = {10.3390/pathogens9100859}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010079953}, }