Midgut Basal Lamina Thickness and Dengue-1 Virus Dissemination Rates in Laboratory Strains of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)
| Autor: | Whei-Kuo Wu, Karamjit S. Rai, Dawn M. Verleye, Rex E. Thomas |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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Aedes albopictus Biology Basement Membrane Virus Dengue fever Basal (phylogenetics) Species Specificity Aedes medicine Animals Crosses Genetic General Veterinary Strain (chemistry) fungi Midgut Dengue Virus biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Virology Insect Vectors Microscopy Electron Infectious Diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Insect Science Transmission electron micrograph Female Parasitology Basal lamina Digestive System |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Entomology. 30:326-331 |
| ISSN: | 1938-2928 0022-2585 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jmedent/30.2.326 |
| Popis: | Strain differences in midgut basal lamina thickness, assessed by measurement in transmission electron micrographs, and disseminated infection rates of dengue-1 virus were compared among three laboratory strains of Aedes albopictus (Skuse). Mean basal lamina thicknesses for the New Orleans and Houston strains were significantly greater than those for the Oahu strain, which exhibits a higher disseminated infection rate than the former two. Although basal lamina thickness among the F1 progeny of reciprocal crosses of the Oahu and Houston strains were intermediate between the parental strains, they were too variable to be useful as markers in genetic studies. Measurements of basal laminae among individuals of the New Orleans strain, with disseminated or nondisseminated infections, failed to demonstrate a role for basal lamina thickness as a modulator of dengue-1 virus dissemination across the midgut epithelium of Ae. albopictus. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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