Overview of Aedes aegypti and Use in Laboratory Studies

Margot P Wohl; Conor J McMeniman

doi:10.1101/pdb.top107651

Overview of Aedes aegypti and Use in Laboratory Studies

Cold Spring Harb Protoc. 2023 Mar 1;2023(3):107651-pdb.top. doi: 10.1101/pdb.top107651.

Authors

Margot P Wohl¹, Conor J McMeniman^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
² W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA cmcmeni1@jhu.edu.
³ The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.

PMID: 36223992
DOI: 10.1101/pdb.top107651

Abstract

The yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti is a prolific disease vector. This mosquito has been the subject of scientific investigation for more than a century. Continued research into Aedes aegypti biology is crucial for understanding how to halt the suite of major arthropod-borne viral diseases this mosquito transmits. Here, we provide an introductory overview of Aedes aegypti life cycle; evolutionary history, biology, and ecology; genetics and sex differences; vector competence; and laboratory colonization and considerations for rearing this robust mosquito species for use in laboratory research.

MeSH terms

Aedes*
Animals
Female
Life Cycle Stages
Male
Mosquito Vectors
Yellow Fever*