A simplified method for blood feeding, oral infection, and saliva collection of the dengue vector mosquitoes
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233618
Abstract: A simple device using folded Parafilm-M as an artificial blood feeder was designed for studying two important dengue vector mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. The efficiency of the artificial blood feeder was investigated by… read more here.
Keywords: saliva; blood feeder; blood; artificial blood ... See more keywords
A standardised low-cost membrane blood-feeder for Aedes aegypti made using common laboratory materials
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14247
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… read more here.
Keywords: laboratory; made using; blood; using common ... See more keywords