Evaluation of a simple polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-based membrane for blood-feeding of malaria and dengue fever vectors in the laboratory

Abstract Background Controlled blood-feeding is essential for maintaining laboratory colonies of disease-transmitting mosquitoes and investigating pathogen transmission. We evaluated a low-cost artificial feeding (AF) method, as an alternative to direct human feeding (DHF), commonly used in mosquito...

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Main Authors: Doreen J. Siria, Elis P. A. Batista, Mercy A. Opiyo, Elizangela F. Melo, Robert D. Sumaye, Halfan S. Ngowo, Alvaro E. Eiras, Fredros O. Okumu
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: BMC 2018-04-01
Colecção:Parasites & Vectors
Assuntos:
Artificial feeding
Blood-feeding success
Membrane feeding
Aedes aegypti
Anopheles arabiensis
Anopheles gambiae (s.s.)
Acesso em linha:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-018-2823-7
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