A highly stable blood meal alternative for rearing Aedes and Anopheles mosquitoes

We investigated alternatives to whole blood for blood feeding of mosquitoes with a focus on improved stability and compatibility with mass rearing programs. In contrast to whole blood, an artificial blood diet of ATP-supplemented plasma was effective in maintaining mosquito populations and was compa...

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Autores principales: Baughman, Ted, Peterson, Chelsea, Ortega, Corrie, Preston, Sarah R., Paton, Christopher, Williams, Jessica, Guy, Amy, Omodei, Gavin, Johnson, Brian, Williams, Helen, O’Neill, Scott L., Ritchie, Scott A., Dobson, Stephen L., Madan, Damian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5764435/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29287072
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006142
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Sumario:We investigated alternatives to whole blood for blood feeding of mosquitoes with a focus on improved stability and compatibility with mass rearing programs. In contrast to whole blood, an artificial blood diet of ATP-supplemented plasma was effective in maintaining mosquito populations and was compatible with storage for extended periods refrigerated, frozen, and as a lyophilized powder. The plasma ATP diet supported rearing of both Anopheles and Aedes mosquitoes. It was also effective in rearing Wolbachia-infected Aedes mosquitoes, suggesting compatibility with vector control efforts.

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