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A Blood-Free Diet to Rear Anopheline Mosquitoes
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A Blood-Free Diet to Rear Anopheline Mosquitoes

A Blood-Free Diet to Rear Anopheline Mosquitoes

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January 31, 2020

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10.3791/60144-v

DOI:
10.3791/60144-v

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08:40 min
January 31, 2020

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1Global Health and Tropical Medicine, GHTM, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical,Universidade Nova de Lisboa, IHMT-NOVA, 2Comparative Endocrinology and Integrative Biology, Centre of Marine Sciences,Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas

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A protocol is presented for formulation of a blood-free artificial diet to feed Anopheles mosquitoes in captivity. This diet has a similar performance to vertebrate blood and triggers oogenesis and egg maturation and produces viable adult progeny.

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Marques, J., Cardoso, J. C. R., Félix, R. C., Power, D. M., Silveira, H. A Blood-Free Diet to Rear Anopheline Mosquitoes. J. Vis. Exp. (155), e60144, doi:10.3791/60144 (2020).

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