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Induction of salivation in biting midges and mosquitoes, and demonstration of virus in the saliva of infected insects
Author(s) -
BOORMAN J.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
medical and veterinary entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2915
pISSN - 0269-283X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1987.tb00346.x
Subject(s) - biology , aedes aegypti , malathion , saliva , biting , virology , insect bites and stings , virus , culicoides , vector (molecular biology) , transmission (telecommunications) , zoology , microbiology and biotechnology , veterinary medicine , larva , pesticide , ecology , immunology , medicine , biochemistry , engineering , gene , electrical engineering , recombinant dna
.Culicoides biting midges and Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) mosquitoes were induced to salivate by the topical application of pilocarpine, neostigmine, malathion and dimethoate; of these, malathion was the most effective. Drops of saliva produced by virus‐infected midges and mosquitoes were shown to contain virus. The method could be used to demonstrate transmission in insects infected with a variety of pathogens.