Literature on arthropod-borne diseases has traditionally supported the notion that mosquito
vectors maintain a feeding duality that includes vertebrate blood meals for egg development …

We determined whether size, an indirect measure of teneral energy reserves, modifies the
fitness advantage (sigma survival x egg production/female/day) conferred to female Aedes …

This study was designed to determine if infection of Aedes aegypti with dengue-2 virus
affects the ability of the mosquito to efficiently locate and imbibe blood from an uninfected …

Daily survivorship and fecundity of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were monitored for cohorts
provided with five nutritional treatments: water, 2% sucrose, blood from a live chicken plus …

Mortality is a critical factor in determining a mosquito's ability to transmit pathogens. We
investigated the effect of human blood feeding and reproduction on mortality of the dengue …

The effect of ingested blood on the host-seeking response of two strains of Aedes aegypti
was examined. Using an olfactometer, females fed partial blood meals were scored for host …

Adult female Aedes aegypti (L.), the vector of dengue and yellow fever viruses, have an
affinity for feeding on human blood and a tendency to forego feeding on sugar. This …

Female Aedes aegypti of small and large body sizes were fed ad libitum from eclosion with
eight different concentrations of sucrose from 0.1% to 50%; females were also starved with …

Life table studies were performed in 1996 with Aedes aegypti (L.) during the low (cool/dry)
and high (hot/rainy) dengue virus transmission seasons in Puerto Rico. Mated adult females …

Vector-borne disease specialists have traditionally assumed that in each egg-laying cycle
mosquitoes take a single bloodmeal that is used for egg development and feed on plant …