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11 January 2019 Extremely Long Viability of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Eggs Stored Under Normal Room Condition
Muniaraj Mayilsamy
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The viability of Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) eggs was determined by storing the eggs for long period of up to 1,889 d. The viability of eggs declined over time from 88.54 to 4.89% for the storage period of 1–1,883 d (5.15 yr). The percentage of collapsed eggs was inversely proportional to the hatching rate of eggs. In the first day of storage, the eggs remained healthy and intact, and except a few, the eggs were deformed and boat shaped with cleft due to inward shrinkage during long storage of 1,883 d.

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Muniaraj Mayilsamy "Extremely Long Viability of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Eggs Stored Under Normal Room Condition," Journal of Medical Entomology 56(3), 878-880, (11 January 2019). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjy232
Received: 13 September 2018; Accepted: 10 December 2018; Published: 11 January 2019
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Aedes aegypti
egg viability
long storage
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