Virus of the California Encephalitis Complex: Isolation from Culiseta inornata

Abstract

A virus of the California encephalitis complex was isolated from two pools of the mosquito Culiseta inornata, collected in mammalian burrows of Alberta during the summer of 1965. This is the first recorded isolation of California encephalitis virus from mosquitoes in Canada.

Snowshoe hare virus: discovery, distribution, vector and host associations, and medical significance

“…Subsequently in 1965, SSHV was isolated from mosquitoes in four different locations (but published earlier than Newhouse et al 1971 ), as follows. First, it was isolated from two pools of Culiseta inornata Williston sampled near Brooks and Hays-Vauxhall, southern Alberta, Canada ( Morgante and Shemanchuk 1967 ). These mosquitoes were collected while resting in a rodent burrow, and were blood-fed, but the source of the blood was not determined.…”

A manual on guidelines for the control of arboviral encephalitides in Canada

“…Culiseta inornata may also be an important vector in more southern latitudes. Morgante and Shemanchuk (1967) discovered Snowshoe Hare virus in adult Cs . inornata collected from mammal burrows in southern Alberta.…”

PREMIÈRE MENTION D’AEDES TRIVITTATUSET DECULISETA INORNATA(DIPTERA : CULICIDAE) AU QUÉBEC

“…Cette esptce se rencontre en Ontario et dans les provinces de I'Ouest; elle est largement distribuee aux ~t a t s -~n i s et a kt6 mentionnee dans les &tats de New York et du New Hampshire (Carpenter et LaCasse 1955). Le virus Snowshoe Hare (SH), un autre sous-type du groupe Californien, a ete isole de ce moustique en territoire canadien (Morgante et Shemanchuk, 1967;McLean et al 1975).…”