I tested a theoretical model proposing that anemia
favors transmission of blood-borne parasites to vectors
by accelerating the blood-feeding rate. Using Aedes
aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, initially, I was not
able to confirm this phenomenon either in an artificial
or a live system; anemia did not correlate with blood-feeding...
This study investigated some functional and
biochemical characteristics of a bacteriolytic protein in
the salivary glands of adult Aedes aecupti. A method for
the isolation of this protein from other mosquito salivary
gland components is also described. Based on some of its
biochemical properties, this bacteriolytic protein can be
classified...
Antibacterial activities in the salivary glands of
female mosquitoes Aedes aegypti were investigated in this
study.
The mean salivary bacteriolytic activity, during a
period of 14-day of female mosquitoes exposed to five
different concentrations of Gram-positive bacteria
Micrococcus lysodeikticus in the sucrose meal, was
detected by a lysoplate method. A...