Date of Award
1992
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Paulson, Sally L.
Abstract
Aedes triseriatus females were parenterally inoculated with LaCrosse virus and the relationship of wing length to body weight after bloodfeeding was analyzed. An olfactometer was used to evaluate the host seeking ability of infected mosquitoes. A decrease in the slope of the normal linear relationship between wing length and body weight after bloodfeeding was found in the three infected groups. A significantly greater number of virus infected mosquitoes failed to engorge on an available vertebrate when compared with controls. No significant difference was found in host seeking ability between infected and control groups when tested in the olfactometer.
Extent
41 p.
Recommended Citation
Appelbaum, Carolyn., "Effects of LaCrosse virus infection on Aedes triseriatus: A gravimetric analysis of engorgement and an evaluation of host seeking behavior" (1992). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1990 - 1999. 298.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_4/298
Identifier
FADT14839
Comments
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1992.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science