Induction of salivation in biting midges and mosquitoes, and demonstration of virus in the saliva of infected insects

1 April 1987

journal article
Published by Wiley in Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Vol. 1 (2) , 211-214
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2915.1987.tb00346.x

Abstract

Culicoides biting midges and Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) mosquitoes were induced to salivate by the topical application of pilocarpine, neostigmine, malathion and dimethoate; of these, malathion was the most effective. Drops of saliva produced by virus-infected midges and mosquitoes were shown to contain virus. The method could be used to demonstrate transmission in insects infected with a variety of pathogens.

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