RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Zika Virus in Salivary Glands of Five Different Species of Wild-Caught Mosquitoes from Mexico JF bioRxiv FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory SP 151951 DO 10.1101/151951 A1 Darwin Elizondo-Quiroga A1 Aarón. Medina-Sánchez A1 Jorge M. Sánchez-González A1 Kristen Allison Eckert A1 Erendira Villalobos-Sánchez A1 Antonio Rigoberto Navarro-Zúñiga A1 Gustavo Sánchez-Tejeda A1 Fabián Correa-Morales A1 Cassandra González-Acosta A1 Armando E. Elizondo-Quiroga A1 Mexican Network for Virology A1 Secretaría de Salud of Mexico YR 2017 UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/06/19/151951.abstract AB Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne virus and Aedes agypti has been mentioned as the main vector of the disease. Other mosquito species in the Aedes and Culex genera have been suggested to have the potential for being competent vectors, based on experimental exposition of mosquitoes to an infectious blood meal containing ZIKV. Here, we report the isolation in cell culture of ZIKV from different body parts of wild-caught female mosquitoes (Ae. aegypti, Ae. vexans, Culex quinquefasciatus, Cx. coronator, and Cx. tarsalis) and whole male mosquitoes (Ae. aegypti and Cx. quinquefasciatus) in Mexico. Importantly, the virus was isolated from the salivary glands of all of these mosquitoes, strongly suggesting that these species are potential vectors for ZIKV.