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Anti‐mosquito antibodies and their effects on feeding, fecundity and mortality of Aedes aegypti
Author(s) -
HATFIELD P. R.
Publication year - 1988
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.1365-2915.1988.tb00205.x
Subject(s) - biology , aedes aegypti , fecundity , antibody , titer , aedes , antigen , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , larva , dengue fever , ecology , population , demography , sociology
. .Anti‐mosquito antibodies, produced in mice inoculated with mosquito homogenates or exposed to mosquito bites, reacted with a variety of mosquito antigens including muscle, gut, fat body and nervous tissue; those in anti‐mosquito bite sera reacted solely with salivary glands. Mosquitoes fed on restrained immunized mice showed a significant increase in mortality correlated to both the titre and specificity of the anti‐mosquito antibodies ingested. No changes in their fecundity or feeding success were noted. Mosquitoes exposed to unrestrained immunized mice or mosquito‐bitten mice, however, showed a significant reduction in feeding success, possibly reflecting enhanced host grooming.