Biodistribution and trafficking of hydrogel nanoparticles in adult mosquitoes.

• Main Authors: Cynthia C H Paquette (Author), Yashdeep Phanse (Author), Jillian L Perry (Author), Irma Sanchez-Vargas (Author), Paul M Airs (Author), Brendan M Dunphy (Author), Jing Xu (Author), Jonathan O Carlson (Author), J Christopher Luft (Author), Joseph M DeSimone (Author), Lyric C Bartholomay (Author), Barry J Beaty (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

BACKGROUND:Nanotechnology offers great potential for molecular genetic investigations and potential control of medically important arthropods. Major advances have been made in mammalian systems to define nanoparticle (NP) characteristics that condition trafficking and biodistribution of NPs in the h...