SUCCESSIVE BLOODMEALS ENHANCE VIRUS DISSEMINATION WITHIN MOSQUITOES AND INCREASE TRANSMISSION POTENTIAL
P. M. Armstrong, H. Ehrlich, A. Bransfield, J. L. Warren, V. E. Pitzer, D. E. Brackney
The paper shows that successive bloodmeals shorten the extrinsic incubation period of viruses in mosquitoes, increasing transmission potential and explaining epidemic dynamics.
bioRxiv · Jan 10, 2018Microbiology