Journal of Medical Entomology (1992) 29, 934-938

Manthri S. Ramasamy, K. Alagaratnam Srikrishnaraj, Sanjeewa Wijekoone, L.S. Bruno Jesuthasan and Ranjan Ramasamy (1992)
Host immunity to mosquitoes: Effect of antimosquito antibodies on Anopheles tessellatus and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)
Journal of Medical Entomology 29 (6), 934-938
Abstract: Rabbit antibodies to antigens derived from the tissues of sugar-fed Anopheles tessellatus Theobald were fed to An. tessellatus and Culex quinquefasciatus Say in blood meals. These antibodies tended to reduce the number of eggs produced by An. tessellatus, but had no effect on the fecundity of Cx. quinquefasciatus. Ingestion of the rabbit antibodies did not detectably affect the mortality of An. tessellatus but increased the mortality of Cx. quinquefasciatus. The results provide preliminary evidence for the potential of antimosquito antibodies to disrupt the physiology of mosquito vectors and indicate the need for further studies with high-titer, monospecific antibodies against the relevant target antigens.
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Database assignments for author(s): Ranjan Ramasamy

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
resistance/tolerance/defence of host
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Culex quinquefasciatus
	Anopheles tessellatus