African green monkey kidney Vero E6 (ATCC CRL-1586) cells were cultured in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle medium (DMEM; Gibco, Carlsbad, CA, United States) containing 10% fetal bovine serum (
FBS; Gibco),
penicillin (100 U/ml; Sigma-Aldrich, Saint Louis, MO, United States), and
streptomycin (100 μg/ml; Sigma-Aldrich) (P/S). Vero cells were cultured as monolayers in
T25 cell culture flasks (Greiner Bio-One, Kremsmünster, Austria) at 37°C with 5% CO
2, and split every 3–4 days. Prior to infections, Vero cells were seeded in DMEM containing 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid (
DMEM-HEPES; Gibco) supplemented with 10%
FBS,
penicillin (100 U/ml), and
streptomycin (100 μg/ml), hereafter named DMEM-supplemented.
Aedes albopictus C6/36 cells (ATCC CRL-1660) were cultured in
Leibovitz L-15 medium (Gibco) supplemented with 10%
FBS, 2%
tryptose phosphate broth (Gibco), and 1%
nonessential amino acids (Gibco), hereafter named Leibovitz-complete.
Aedes aegypti Aag2 cells were cultured in Schneider’s
Drosophila medium (Lonza, Basel, Switzerland) supplemented with 10%
FBS, hereafter named Schneider’s-complete. Both C6/36 and Aag2 cells were cultured as monolayers in T25 flasks at 28°C, and split every 3–4 days.
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