Long-Term Mosquito culture with SkitoSnack, an artificial blood meal replacement

The reliance on blood is a limiting factor for mass rearing of mosquitoes for Sterile-Insect-Technique (SIT) and other mosquito-based control strategies. To solve this problem, we have developed SkitoSnack, a formulated diet for Aedes aegypti (L) mosquitoes, as an alternative for vertebrate blood. H...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2020-09, Vol.14 (9), p.e0008591-e0008591
Hauptverfasser:	Kandel, Yashoda, Mitra, Soumi, Jimenez, Xavier, Rodriguez, Stacy D, Romero, Alvaro, Blakely, Brittny N, Cho, Sang-Yeon, Pelzman, Charles, Hansen, Immo A
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aedes aegypti Aedes albopictus Aquatic insects Artificial diets Asian tiger mosquito Biology Biology and Life Sciences Blood Cimicidae Computer engineering Control Culicidae Culture Cultures (Biology) Diet Eggs Engorgement Entomology Equipment and supplies Experiments Females Fitness Flight Flight characteristics Food and nutrition Humidity Individual rearing Insect control Insects Laboratories Life history Limiting factors Mass production Mass rearing Medicine and Health Sciences Methods Mosquito control Mosquitoes Nymphs Offspring Physiological aspects Reproductive behaviour Reproductive fitness Smell Tropical diseases Vector-borne diseases Vertebrates Yellow fever
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