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INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 48, Issue -, Pages 8-16Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2014.02.004
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Aedes aegypti; Olfactory receptor; lonotropic receptor; Mosquito; Taste; Odorant-binding protein
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- Deployed War Fighter Protection (DWFP) Research Program - Department of Defense through the Armed Forces Pest Management Board (AFPMB)
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The yellow-fever mosquito Aedes aegypti is a major vector of human diseases, such as dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya and West Nile viruses. Chemoreceptor organs on the labella and tarsi are involved in human host evaluation and thus serve as potential foci for the disruption of blood feeding behavior. In addition to host detection, these contact chemoreceptors mediate feeding, oviposition and conspecific recognition; however, the molecular landscape of chemoreception in these tissues remains mostly uncharacterized. Here we report the expression profile of all putative chemoreception genes in the labella and tarsi of both sexes of adult Ae. aegypti and discuss their possible roles in the physiology and behavior of this important disease vector. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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