https://sucupira.capes.gov.br/sucupira/public/consultas/coleta/trabalhoConclusao/viewTrabalhoConclusao.jsf?popup=true&id_trabalho=109794192024-02-072024-02-072021-07-26REIS, Lúcia Aline Moura. Estudo sobre o potencial de infecção da cepa brasileira de West Nile virus em Culex quinquefasciatus Say, 1823 (Diptera: Culicidae) da Região Amazônica. Orientador: Joaquim Pinto Nunes Neto. 2021. 69 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Biologia Parasitária da Amazônia) – Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Parasitária da Amazônia. Universidade do Estado do Pará, Belém, 2021.https://portaldaposgraduacao.uepa.br/handle/123456789/70Fundação Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Programa de Demanda Social.AbertoCompetência VetorialCulex quinquefasciatusVírus do Nilo OcidentalArbovirusVector CapacityCulex quinquefasciatusWest Nile vírusArbovirusesDissertaçãoCNPq::Ciências BiológicasWest Nile Fever is an arboviruss caused by the West Nile virus (WNV), whose main vectors are mosquitoes of the Culex spp. genus, including Culex quinquefasciatus... Thus, the present study aimed to evaluate the vector competence of females of Culex quinquefasciatus from the Ananindeua city (Amazon Region) orally infected with WNV (strain BE AN 854747) to verify the viability of infection in this population, to determine the viral titer in the body and head regions and also saliva, in order to calculate WNV infection, dissemination and transmission rates... We concluded that the population of Culex quinquefasciatus studied has a high susceptibility to WNV infection with high vector competence and probability of the species becoming an important vector of the virus, since the Brazilian strain studied was able to overcome anatomical barriers, with constant viral dissemination over the 21 days evaluated, thus allowing its transmission to animals and humans.PPG-BPA - Fisiopatologia humana e experimental de processos infecciosos