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

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 laborat...

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Autores principales: Siria, Doreen J., Batista, Elis P. A., Opiyo, Mercy A., Melo, Elizangela F., Sumaye, Robert D., Ngowo, Halfan S., Eiras, Alvaro E., Okumu, Fredros O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5896090/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29642937
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2823-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5896090/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29642937
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2823-7

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