Multiple bloodmeals enhance dissemination of arboviruses in three medically relevant mosquito genera
Ferdous Z, Dieme C, Sproch H, Kramer L, Ciota A, Brackney D, Armstrong P. Multiple bloodmeals enhance dissemination of arboviruses in three medically relevant mosquito genera. Parasites & Vectors 2024, 17: 432. PMID: 39427222, PMCID: PMC11490111, DOI: 10.1186/s13071-024-06531-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAedes aegyptiMidgut infection ratesMultiple bloodmealsVector competence of Aedes aegyptiVirus vectorsLaboratory vector competence studiesVector competence studiesMosquito generaFeeding regimenBiting midgesCulex quinquefasciatusPost-infectionOropouche virusWest Nile virusBloodmealVirus disseminationVector competenceEscape barrierFeeding behaviorDissemination of arbovirusesAedes albopictus mosquitoesAedes triseriatusAedesFemale mosquitoesNile virus