Host species diversity and post-blood feeding carbohydrate availability enhance survival of females and fecundity in Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-228

  Xue, Rui De ^a   Ali, Arshad ^b   Barnard, Donald R ^c  

^a Anastasia Mosquito Control District ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult female longevity; Aedes albopictus; Diverse blood meals; Mosquitoes; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HOST SELECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AEDES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BLOOD; CARBOHYDRATES; CHICKENS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GUINEA PIGS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT VECTORS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARBOVIRUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 42749097331     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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