Effects of Blood Meal Source on Aedes albopictus Life Table Characteristics and Vector Competence for Dengue Virus

dc.contributor.author	van Dodewaard, Caitlin A.M.
dc.contributor.author	Richards, Stephanie L.
dc.contributor.author	Harris, Jonathan W.
dc.contributor.author	Tippett, Joshua W.
dc.date.accessioned	2016-10-20T19:31:28Z
dc.date.available	2016-10-20T19:31:28Z
dc.date.issued	2016-09-26
dc.description	Presented for World Environmental Health Day, September 26, 2016 in Greenville, North Carolina.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Commercially available blood can be used as an alternative to live animals to feed mosquitoes; however, the extent to which alternative blood sources affect mosquito vector competence for dengue virus (DENV, familyFlaviviridae, genus Flavivirus) is unknown and may have implications for evaluating results of laboratory vector competence experiments. We aim to improve mosquito colony propagation techniques and inform future research using artificial blood delivery methods to assess vector competence. Objective •To determine the extent to which commercially available blood source affects life table characteristics and vector competence of Aedes albopictusfor DENV.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5965
dc.subject	Mosquito colony propagation	en_US
dc.subject	Vector competence	en_US
dc.subject	Vector-virus interactions	en_US
dc.subject	Blood source	en_US
dc.title	Effects of Blood Meal Source on Aedes albopictus Life Table Characteristics and Vector Competence for Dengue Virus	en_US
dc.type	Poster	en_US

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