Effects of host blood on mosquito reproduction

MM de Swart, C Balvers, NO Verhulst… - Trends in …, 2023 - cell.com
Female mosquitoes require blood from their host for egg development. However, the
relationship between the composition of host blood and mosquito reproduction, and whether …

Analysing the oviposition behaviour of malaria mosquitoes: design considerations for improving two-choice egg count experiments

MN Okal, JM Lindh, SJ Torr, E Masinde, B Orindi… - Malaria journal, 2015 - Springer
Background Choice egg-count bioassays are a popular tool for analysing oviposition
substrate preferences of gravid mosquitoes. This study aimed at improving the design of two …

Optimization of mosquito egg production under mass rearing setting: effects of cage volume, blood meal source and adult population density for the malaria vector …

W Mamai, NS Bimbile-Somda, H Maiga, JG Juarez… - Malaria Journal, 2017 - Springer
Background Anopheles arabiensis is one of the major malaria vectors that put millions of
people in endemic countries at risk. Mass-rearing of this mosquito is crucial for strategies …

Optimization of the feeding rate of Anopheles farauti ss colony mosquitoes in direct membrane feeding assays

L Timinao, R Vinit, M Katusele, L Schofield… - Parasites & …, 2021 - Springer
Background Direct membrane feeding assays (DMFA) are an important tool to study parasite
transmission to mosquitoes. Mosquito feeding rates in these artificial systems require …

[PDF][PDF] Blood feeding preference of female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes for human blood group types and its impact on their fecundity: implications for vector control

M Prasadini, D Dayananda, S Fernando… - American Journal of …, 2019 - researchgate.net
Aedes aegypti is the major vector of Dengue in Sri Lanka. Dengue virus is transmitted via
blood feeding of vector mosquitoes. Blood is an essential component for the fecundity of …

[HTML][HTML] Optimisation of laboratory-rearing parameters for Anopheles funestus larvae and adults

LN Felamboahangy, ML Kaiser, MP Zengenene… - Acta Tropica, 2023 - Elsevier
Anopheles funestus is one of the major malaria vectors in Africa. As with the other main
vectors, insecticide resistance in this species threatens existing vector control strategies …

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Human blood type influences the host-seeking behavior and fecundity of the Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi

SA Khan, NFA Kassim, CE Webb, MA Aqueel… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The nutritional requirements of mosquitoes include both sugar (generally derived from the
nectar of flowers) and blood (humans or animals). Mosquitoes express different degrees of …

[PDF][PDF] Effects of Host blood on fecundity and longevity of female Anopheles mosquitoes

JI Chikwendu, A Onekutu… - International Journal of …, 2019 - researchgate.net
ABSTRACT Aim: The effect of Host blood on the fecundity of female Anopheles gambiae
sensu lato mosquitoes was studied under normal conditions of 64±2% Relative Humidity …

Influence of Bloodmeal Source on Reproductive Output of the Potential West Nile Vector, Culex theileri (Diptera: Culicidae)

B Demirci, E Durmaz, B Alten - Journal of medical entomology, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Culex theileri Theobald (Diptera: Culicidae) has a wide Afrotropical, southern
Palaearctic, northern Oriental, and European distribution. It is mainly considered as a …