Deciphering the olfactory repertoire of the tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus is a highly invasive species and competent vector of several arboviruses (e.g. dengue, chikungunya, Zika) and parasites (e.g. dirofilaria) of public health importance. Compared to other mosquito species, Ae. albopictus females exhibit a generalist host seeking as well as a very aggressive biting behaviour that are responsible for its high degree of nuisance. Several complex mosquito behaviours such as host seeking, feeding, mating or oviposition rely on olfactory stimuli that target a range of sensory neurons localized mainly on specialized head appendages such as antennae, maxillary palps and the mouthparts.

Results

With the aim to describe the Ae. albopictus olfactory repertoire we have used RNA-seq to reveal the transcr

SUBMITTER: Lombardo F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5637092 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature