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Aedes aegypti strain LVP live eggs

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Reference: V.1.1.2.L.UK.35.6
Origin: West Africa
Material provided: Live eggs
Unit definition: Batch of >5000 live eggs
Provider country: UK (The Pirbright Institute L.B.G. - TPI)

Eggs are hatched in dechlorinated tap water and larvae are reared under controlled conditions. […]

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Description

Material provided: Live eggs
Unit definition: Batch of >5000 live eggs

Vector information

Family: Culicidae
Genus: Aedes
Species: Aedes aegypti
Strain Name: LVP
Place of origin: West Africa

Production protocol

Eggs are hatched in dechlorinated tap water and larvae are reared under controlled conditions of 150–200 larvae per 1 liter and fed with one yeast tablet renewed every 3–4 days. Adults are kept in cages at 28°±1°C with a 16h: 8h light: dark cycle, 80% relative humidity, and supplied with a 10% sucrose solution.

Publications

  • Macdonald. The selection of a strain of Aedes aegypti susceptible to infection with semi-periodic Brugia Malayi. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology. 1962. 56 (3): 368-372

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Additional information

Provider country

UK
Provider(s)

The Pirbright Institute L.B.G. (TPI)
Additional conditions

Subject to authorization to import to the country of the user. Cannot be sent to countries with a risk of establishment of this vector species.
Eligibility

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