We describe a method to process and screen field-collected mosquitoes for a diversity of viruses by Vero cell culture assay. By employing this technique, we have detected 9 different viruses from 4 taxonomic families in mosquitoes collected in Connecticut.
Armstrong, P. M., Andreadis, T. G., Finan, S. L., Shepard, J. J., Thomas, M. C. Detection of Infectious Virus from Field-collected Mosquitoes by Vero Cell Culture Assay. J. Vis. Exp. (52), e2889, doi:10.3791/2889 (2011).