When a mosquito is taking a blood meal, it is possible to also ingest an arbovirus from an infected individual. The virus travels through the feeding tube, infects the midgut epithelium, and replicates in the midgut before entering the basal lamina and disseminate throughout the body. Then, the virus is able to infect the salivary gland, where it can be released into the saliva and infect the next host when the mosquito is taking another blood meal.