Transovarial transmission of dengue virus has been studied in 33 districts of Rajasthan,
India. Small proportion (1.09%) of breeding containers positive for the virus and their
elimination has been demonstrated as a possible intervention method of disease control.
Dengue virus was isolated from individual mosquitoes employing Indirect Fluorescence
Antibody Test and Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction. Out of 1, 30,525
containers examined only 1432 (1.09%) showed transovarially transmitted virus activity …