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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): Synapt MS
ORGANISM(S): Aedes Aegypti Aegypti
TISSUE(S): Peritrophic Membrane
SUBMITTER: Keith Ray
LAB HEAD: Zach N. Adelman
PROVIDER: PXD007627 | Pride | 2018-04-05
REPOSITORIES: pride
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Whiten Shavonn R SR Ray W Keith WK Helm Richard F RF Adelman Zach N ZN
PloS one 20180323 3
The Aedes aegypti mosquito is the principal vector of arboviruses such as dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, and Zika virus. These arboviruses are transmitted during adult female mosquito bloodfeeding. While these viruses must transverse the midgut to replicate, the blood meal must also reach the midgut to be digested, absorbed, or excreted, as aggregation of blood meal metabolites can be toxic to the female mosquito midgut. The midgut peritrophic matrix (PM), a semipermeable extracellular layer ...[more]