Description
Material provided: Live eggs
Unit definition: Batch of >5000 live eggs
Vector information
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Aedes
Species: Aedes albopictus
Strain Name: ALMONTPELLIER-Infravec
Place of origin: Montpellier, France
Date of colonisation: 2018
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.
Publication
- Bellone R, Lechat P, Mousson L, Gilbart V, Piorkowski G, Bohers C, Merits A, Kornobis E, Reveillaud J, Paupy C, Vazeille M, Martinet JP, Madec Y, De Lamballerie X, Dauga C, Failloux AB. Climate change and vector-borne diseases: a multi-omics approach of temperature-induced changes in the mosquito. J Travel Med. 2023 Jun 23;30(4):taad062. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taad062. PMID: 37171132.
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