Infectivity of Plasmodium parasites to Aedes aegypti and Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes maintained on blood-free meals of SkitoSnack.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Aedes and Anopheles mosquitoes are responsible for tremendous global health burdens from their transmission of pathogens causing malaria, lymphatic filariasis, dengue, and yellow fever. Innovative vector control strategies will help to reduce the prevalence of these diseases. Mass rearing of mosquitoes for research and support of these strategies presently depends on meals of vertebrate blood, which is subject to acquisition, handling, and storage issues. Various blood-free replacements have been formulated for these mosquitoes, but none of these replacements are in wide use, and little is known about their potential impact on competence of the mosquitoes for Plasmodium infection.

Methods

Colonies of Aedes aegypti and Anopheles stephensi were continuously maintain

SUBMITTER: Gonzales-Wartz KK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11227701 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature