Article
Aedes aegypti: a quantitative trait locus (QTL) influencing filarial worm intensity is linked to QTL for susceptibility to other mosquito-borne pathogens.
Experimental parasitology - 1 Nov 1995
Beerntsen B T, Severson D W, Klinkhammer J A, Kassner V A, Christensen B M
Abstract excerpt
Because intensity of infection was significantly increased in a substrain of Aedes aegypti selected for susceptibility to the filarial worm, Brugia malayi, experiments were designed to assess numbers of microfilariae (mf) ingested and midgut penetration by mf in this susceptible substrain as compared to a refractory substrain selected from the same parental stock. Refractory mosquitoes ingested significantly...
Topics
- Aedes
- Animals
- Brugia malayi
- Chromosome Mapping
- Female
- Genes, Insect
- Genetic Linkage
- Genotype
- Insect Vectors
- Male
- Microfilariae
