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1 September 2009 Aedes triseriatus Females Transovarially Infected with La Crosse Virus Mate More Efficiently Than Uninfected Mosquitoes
Sara M. Reese, Meaghan K. Beaty, Elizabeth S. Gabitzsch, Carol D. Blair, Barry J. Beaty
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Abstract

The mating efficiencies (the percentage of females inseminated by males) of fieldcollected 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.

© 2009 Entomological Society of America
Sara M. Reese, Meaghan K. Beaty, Elizabeth S. Gabitzsch, Carol D. Blair, and Barry J. Beaty "Aedes triseriatus Females Transovarially Infected with La Crosse Virus Mate More Efficiently Than Uninfected Mosquitoes," Journal of Medical Entomology 46(5), 1152-1158, (1 September 2009). https://doi.org/10.1603/033.046.0524
Received: 3 November 2008; Accepted: 1 March 2009; Published: 1 September 2009
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KEYWORDS
Aedes triseriatus
insemination rates
La Crosse virus
mating efficiency
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