Description
Material provided: Live eggs
Unit definition: Batch of >5000 live eggs
Vector information
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Aedes
Species: Aedes albopictus
Strain Name: Vallés
Place of origin: Sant Cugat del Vallès, Catalonia (Spain)
Date of colonisation: 2005
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
- Brustolin M, Talavera S, Nuñez A, Santamaría C, Rivas R, Pujol N, Valle M, Verdún M, Brun A, Pagès N, Busquets N. Rift Valley fever virus and European mosquitoes: vector competence of Culex pipiens and Stegomyia albopicta (= Aedes albopictus). Med Vet Entomol. 2017 Dec;31(4):365-372. doi: 10.1111/mve.12254. Epub 2017 Aug 7.
- Brustolin M, Talavera S, Santamaría C, Rivas R, Pujol N, Aranda C, Marquès E, Valle M, Verdún M, Pagès N, Busquets N. Culex pipiens and Stegomyia albopicta (= Aedes albopictus) populations as vectors for lineage 1 and 2 West Nile virus in Europe. Med Vet Entomol. 2016 Jun;30(2):166-73. doi: 10.1111/mve.12164. Epub 2016 Feb 18.
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