Age-dependent survival of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Demonstrated by Simultaneous Release-Recapture of Different Age Cohorts

• Main Authors: Laura C. Harrington, Françoisevermeylen, James J. Jones, Sangvorn Kitthawee, Ratana Sithiprasasna, John D. Edman, Thomas W. Scott
• Other Authors: Cornell University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine; Veterinary
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/18754
• Institution: Mahidol University

The assumption that mosquito survival remains constant and that it is independent of age was tested with free-ranging Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) by using a "synthetic cohort" mark-release-recapture method. Mosquito age cohorts (1-2, 3-4, and 19-20 d) were released simultaneous...