Stability of equine infectious anemia virus in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae), Stomoxys calcitrans (Diptera: Muscidae) and Tabanus fuscicostatus (Diptera: Tabanidae) stored at degrees -70 C

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1996
Authors:B. E. Green, Foil, L. D., Hagius, S. D., Issel, C. J.
Journal:Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
Volume:12
Pagination:334-336
Date Published:1996
Keywords:Aedes aegypti, Disease, Louisiana, Mechanical transmission, Stomoxys calcitrans, Tabanidae, Tabanus fuscicostatus, USA, Virus
Abstract:

Equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV) was injected intrathoracically into Aedes aegypti, Stomoxys calcitrans, and Tabanus fuscicostatus, and fed to Ae. aegypti in suspensions of either artificial blood or Eagle’s Minimum Essential Medium. Insects were stored at -70 degree C for up to 9 months before testing for the presence of EIAV. The viral tissue culture titer, detected from stored insects were similar to those from insects tested at time 0.

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