Laboratory experiments suggest that utilization of blood rather than natural sugar sources for
energetic needs affords female Aedes aegypti a reproductive advantage over conspecifics …

Background Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are globally distributed vectors of viruses that impact
the health of hundreds of millions of people annually. Mating and blood feeding represent …

Host blood source was found to affect both the fecundity and the duration of te gonotrophic
cycle of Aedes triseriatus. Mosquitoes were fed on restrained deer, chipmunks, squirrels …

The blood-engorgement kinetics of Anopheles aquasalis, Aedes aegypti, Haemagogus
janthinomys, and Culex quinquefasciatus were determined under laboratory conditions …

Blood feeding and mating are critical behaviors that regulate both mosquito population
maintenance and disease transmission. However, our understanding of mosquito mating …

Experimental observations, made outdoors during the dry and wet seasons in Trinidad,
confirm earlier findings regarding the diel pattern of entry to ovitraps and of oviposition there …

The diel landing/biting periodicity of the Trinidad strain of Aedes aegypti (L.) was monitored
using human-bait during January-August 1999. Hourly light intensities were measured both …

In addition to heavily infecting the salivary glands of Aedes aegypti (L.) mosquitoes, dengue
viruses produce a significant infection of the nervous system, involving the brain, Johnston's …

In adult females of the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti (L.) and Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say,
mean frequency of blood-feeding was measured under two ad lib. regimes: water only and …

Background Current tools and strategies are not sufficient to reliably address threats and
outbreaks of arboviruses including Zika, dengue, chikungunya, and yellow fever. Hence …