Aedes aegypti strain BORA preserved or extracts

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Reference: V1.1.4.P.FR.136.16
Origin: French Polynesia, 1980
Material provided: 100 mosquitoes (50 if dissected)
Unit definition: Whole mosquitoes, dissected tissues, or extracts
Provider country: France (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - IRD)

Eggs are hatched in dechlorinated tap water and larvae are reared under controlled condition

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Description

Material provided: Whole mosquitoes, dissected tissues, or extracts
Unit definition: 100 mosquitoes (50 if dissected)

Vector information

Family: Culicidae
Genus: Aedes
Species: Aedes aegypti
Strain Name: BORA
Place of origin: Bora-Bora island (French Polynesia)
Date of colonisation: before 1980

Production protocol

Eggs are hatched in dechlorinated tap water and larvae are reared under controlled conditions of 350-400 larvae per 1.5-2 liters and fed with shrimp pellets (NovoPrawn®) everyday until pupae instar. Adults are kept in cages at 26°±1°C with a 14h:10h light: dark cycle, 80% relative humidity, and supplied with a 10% honey solution.

Product options

Please specify in your request:

Sample size: For larger sample sizes, request more units.

Whole or dissected: 100 whole mosquitoes; or 50 dissected midguts, salivary glands or ovaries

Form of material:

  • Whole mosquitoes or dissected tissues, fixed in 70% ethanol, formalin, or other fixative: useful for DNA extraction from 70% ethanol, immunohistochemistry, not useful for RNA experiments or proteomics.
  • Whole mosquitoes or dissected tissues, homogenised in a lysis buffer such as Trizol: useful for RNA, DNA and protein experiments.
  • Whole mosquitoes or dissected tissues, frozen at -80°C or stored in RNALater useful for RNA, DNA and protein experiments.
  • Other formats or preparations may be possible by request, contact us.

Publications

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Additional information

Provider country

France

Provider(s)

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)

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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