scholarly journals Field Evaluation of Selected Traps and Lures for Monitoring the Filarial and Arbovirus Vector, Aedes polynesiensis (Diptera: Culicidae), in French Polynesia

2013 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 731-739 ◽  
Author(s):  
Limb K. Hapairai ◽  
Hayley Joseph ◽  
Michel A. Cheong Sang ◽  
Wayne Melrose ◽  
Scott A. Ritchie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Evaluation ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
Arbovirus Vector ◽  
Aedes Polynesiensis

scholarly journals Correction: PCR and dissection as tools to monitor filarial infection of Aedes polynesiensis mosquitoes in French Polynesia

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Plichart ◽  
Sandra J Laney ◽  
Yves Sechan ◽  
Neil Davies ◽  
Anne-Marie Legrand
Keyword(s):  
French Polynesia ◽  
Filarial Infection ◽  
Aedes Polynesiensis

scholarly journals Performance of MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry to Determine the Sex of Mosquitoes and Identify Specific Colonies from French Polynesia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatou Kiné Fall ◽  
Maureen Laroche ◽  
Hervé Bossin ◽  
Didier Musso ◽  
Philippe Parola
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Geographic Origin ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
Correct Identification ◽  
Ionization Time ◽  
Maldi Tof Ms ◽  
Maldi Tof ◽  
Flight Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Aedes Polynesiensis ◽  
Tof Ms

Mosquitoes are the main arthropod vectors of infectious diseases in humans. The current methods for mosquito identification include morphological and molecular methods. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), now routinely used for bacterial identification, has recently emerged in the field of entomology. The aim of this study was to use MALDI-TOF MS to identify mosquito colonies from French Polynesia. Five hundred specimens from French Polynesia belonging to three species, Aedes aegypti, Aedes polynesiensis, and Culex quinquefasciatus, were included in the study. Testing the legs of these mosquitoes by MALDI-TOF MS revealed a 100% correct identification of all specimens at the species level. The MALDI-TOF MS profiles obtained allowed differentiation of male from female mosquitoes and the specific identification of female mosquito colonies of the same species but different geographic origin.

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