Effect of the anesthetizing agent triethylamine on western equine encephalomyelitis and St. Louis encephalitis viral titers in mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae).

Abstract

Triethylamine (TEA) is a chemical compound that provides an effective means to anesthetize mosquitoes. The mosquitoes remain alive but are incapacitated for several hours; they do not recover following treatment. There was no effect on the titers of infectious virus recovered from western equine encephalomyelitis or St. Louis encephalitis virus-infected Culex tarsalis Coquillett and Aedes dorsalis (Meigen) that were anesthetized with TEA prior to storage at -70 degrees C. Furthermore, TEA had no effect on isoenzyme profiles of uninfected Cx. tarsalis.

• Authors: L D Kramer, S B Presser, E J Houk, J L Hardy
• Journal: Journal of medical entomology (J Med Entomol) Vol. 27 Issue 6 Pg. 1008-10 (Nov 1990) ISSN: 0022-2585 [Print] England
• PMID: 2280383 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)

Chemical References

• Ethylamines
• Isoenzymes
• triethylamine

Topics

• Aedes (microbiology)
• Animals
• Culex (microbiology)
• Encephalitis Virus, St. Louis (drug effects, growth & development)
• Encephalitis Virus, Western Equine (drug effects, growth & development)
• Ethylamines (pharmacology)
• Isoenzymes (analysis)