Densonucleosis of bloodsucking mosquitoes
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Inter-Research Science Center in Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
- Vol. 6 (2) , 145-150
- https://doi.org/10.3354/dao006145
Abstract
Ultrastructure, development and histopathology of a new densonucleosis virus of blood-sucking mosquitoes are described. Mosquito densonucleosis virus is infective to all 4 larval instars, pupae and adults of both sexes. Incubation periods were significantly shorter in older fourth-instar larvae than in third-instar larvae. Infected larvae die during the fourth larval instar on as pupae. The limited field tests conducted on this virus have shown its efficiency for infecting larvae of natural mosquito populations.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: