| Literature DB >> 19769048 |
Sara M Reese1, Meaghan K Beaty, Elizabeth S Gabitzsch, Carol D Blair, Barry J Beaty.
Abstract
The mating efficiencies (the percentage of females inseminated by males) of field-collected and laboratory-colonized Aedes triseriatus (Say) (Diptera: Culicidae) female mosquitoes transovarially infected or uninfected with La Crosse virus (LACV) were compared. The females were placed in cages with age-matched males, and the insemination rates (number of inseminated females of the total number of females examined) were determined daily by detection of sperm in the spermathecae. LACV-infected mosquitoes typically mated earlier than uninfected mosquitoes, i.e., insemination occurred earlier after the mixing of males and females. LACV load was not correlated with increased insemination.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19769048 PMCID: PMC2881639 DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0524
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Med Entomol ISSN: 0022-2585 Impact factor: 2.278