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

• Auteurs principaux: Ted Baughman (Auteur), Chelsea Peterson (Auteur), Corrie Ortega (Auteur), Sarah R Preston (Auteur), Christopher Paton (Auteur), Jessica Williams (Auteur), Amy Guy (Auteur), Gavin Omodei (Auteur), Brian Johnson (Auteur), Helen Williams (Auteur), Scott L O'Neill (Auteur), Scott A Ritchie (Auteur), Stephen L Dobson (Auteur), Damian Madan (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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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...