Danielle De Araújo Valério

Mrs. Danielle De Araújo Valério


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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

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23 December 2022 in Viruses
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Adam HendyAdam Hendy
Adam Hendy
NFNelson Ferreira Fé
Nelson Ferreira Fé
DVDanielle De Araújo Valério
Danielle De Araújo Valério
EHEduardo Hernandez-Acosta
Eduardo Hernandez-Acosta
BCBárbara Chaves
Bárbara Chaves
Nikos VasilakisNikos Vasilakis
Nikos Vasilakis
Haemagogus (Haemagogus) janthinomys (Dyar, 1921), the major neotropical vector of sylvatic yellow fever virus, is notoriously difficult to maintain in captivity. It has never been reared beyond an F1 generation, and almost no experimental transmission studies have been performed with this species since the 1940s. Herein we describe installment hatching, artificial blood feeding, and forced-mating techniques that enabled us to produce small numbers of F3 generation Hg. janthinomys eggs for the first time. A total of 62.8% (1562/2486) F1 generation eggs hatched during ≤10 four-day cycles of immersion in a bamboo leaf infusion followed by partial drying. Hatching decreased to 20.1% (190/944) in the F2 generation for eggs laid by mosquitoes copulated by forced mating. More than 85% (79/92) female F2 mosquitoes fed on an artificial blood feeding system. While we were unable to maintain a laboratory colony of Hg. janthinomys past the F3 generation, our methods provide a foundation for experimental transmission studies with this species in a laboratory setting, a critical capacity in a region with hyper-endemic transmission of dengue, Zika, and chikungunya viruses, all posing a risk of spillback into a sylvatic cycle.