La Crosse Virus Infection Alters Blood Feeding Behavior in Aedes triseriatus and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)

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dc.contributor.authorJackson, Bryan T.en
dc.contributor.authorBrewster, Carlyle C.en
dc.contributor.authorPaulson, Sally L.en
dc.contributor.departmentEntomologyen
dc.date.accessed2015-12-17en
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-28T22:29:49Zen
dc.date.available2016-02-28T22:29:49Zen
dc.date.issued2012-12-01en
dc.description.abstractThe effects of La Crosse virus (LACV) infection on blood feeding behavior in Aedes triseriatus (Say) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse) were investigated in the laboratory by measuring the size of the bloodmeal imbibed and the extent of refeeding by virus-infected and uninfected mosquitoes. LACV-infected Ae. triseriatus and Ae. albopictus took significantly less blood compared with uninfected mosquitoes. Twice as many virus-infected Ae. triseriatus mosquitoes refed compared with uninfected individuals (18 vs. 9%; P < 0.05); however, virus infection had no significant effect on the refeeding rate of Ae. albopictus. Reduction in bloodmeal size followed by an increased avidity for refeeding may lead to enhanced horizontal transmission of the LACV by its principal vector, Ae. triseriatus.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Institutes of Health. National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseasesen
dc.description.sponsorshipA1059466en
dc.format.extent4 p.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationJackson, B. T., Brewster, C. C., & Paulson, S. L. (2012). La Crosse Virus Infection Alters Blood Feeding Behavior in Aedes triseriatus and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology, 49(6), 1424-1429. doi:10.1603/me12023en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1603/ME12023en
dc.identifier.issn0022-2585en
dc.identifier.issue6en
dc.identifier.other1424full.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/64881en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://jme.oxfordjournals.org/content/49/6/1424en
dc.identifier.volume49en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unporteden
dc.rights.holderOxford University Pressen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/en
dc.subjectAedes triseriatusen
dc.subjectAedes albopictusen
dc.subjectLa crosse virusen
dc.subjectBloodmealen
dc.subjectRefeedingen
dc.titleLa Crosse Virus Infection Alters Blood Feeding Behavior in Aedes triseriatus and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)en
dc.title.serialJournal of Medical Entomologyen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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