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A standardised low-cost membrane blood-feeder for Aedes aegypti made using common laboratory materials

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Blood feeding is a necessary part of laboratory studies involving mosquitoes and other hematophagous arthropods of interest in medical and ecological research. However, methods involving hosts may present serious risks,… Click to show full abstract

Blood feeding is a necessary part of laboratory studies involving mosquitoes and other hematophagous arthropods of interest in medical and ecological research. However, methods involving hosts may present serious risks, require ethics approvals and can be expensive. Here we describe an insect blood feeder made using common laboratory materials, which is low cost (

Keywords: laboratory; made using; blood; using common; blood feeder

Journal Title: PeerJ
Year Published: 2022

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