Evaluation of "Caserotek" a low cost and effective artificial blood-feeding device for mosquitoes.

• Main Authors: Helvio Astete (Author), Verónica Briesemeister (Author), Cesar Campos (Author), Angel Puertas (Author), Thomas W Scott (Author), Víctor López-Sifuentes (Author), Ryan Larson (Author), Michael Fisher (Author), Gissella M Vásquez (Author), Karin Escobedo-Vargas (Author), Amy C Morrison (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Entomological research studies on mosquito vector biology, vector competence, insecticide resistance, dispersal, and survival (using mark-release-recapture techniques) often rely on laboratory-reared mosquito colonies to produce large numbers of consistently reared, aged, and sized mosquitoes. We de...