Stability of equine infectious anemia virus in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) , Stomoxys calcitrans (Diptera:Muscidae) , and Tabanus fuscicostatus (Diptera:Tabanidae) stored at -70 degrees C
Green, B.E.; Foil, L.D.; Hagius, S.D.; Issel, C.J.
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 12(2 Part 1): 334-336
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 8756-971X PMID: 8827617 Document Number: 467926
Equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV) was injected intrathoracically into Aedes aegypti, Stomoxys calcitrans, and Tabanus fuscicostatus, and fed to Ae. aegypti in suspensions of either artificial blood of Eagle's Minimum Essential Medium. Insects were stored at -70 degrees C for up to 9 months before testing for the presence of EIAV. The viral tissue culture titers detected from stored insects were similar to those from insects tested at time 0.