Larval nutritional stress affects vector immune traits in adult yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti (Stegomyia aegypti)

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 271-281

  Telang, A ^a   Qayum, A A ^a   Parker, A ^a   Sacchetta, B R ^a   Byrnes, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Cecropin; Defensin; Haemocytes; Immunity; Nutrition; RNAi genes; Toll pathway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; COMPENSATION; CYTOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE VECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNITY; INNATE BEHAVIOR; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOSQUITO; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEPTIDE; PHYSIOLOGY; REARING; YELLOW FEVER;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AEDES; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMOCYTES; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES SP.; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 84865073031     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2011.00993.x     Document Type: Article

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