Description
Material provided: Live eggs
Unit definition: Batch of >5000 live eggs
Vector information
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Aedes
Species: Aedes albopictus
Strain Name: ALNICE
Place of origin: Nice, France
Date of colonisation: 2011
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
- Jupille H, Seixas G, Mousson L, Sousa CA, Failloux AB (2016) Zika Virus, a New Threat for Europe? PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 10(8):e0004901.
For more information, please contact us