Assessment of Synthetic Membranes for Artificial Blood Feeding of Culicidae.

ABSTRACT: Potential pathogen transmission through hematophagy in Culicidae is a major public-health problem, and several studies have been performed to better understand this phenomenon. Research on these insects often requires the maintenance of colonies in the laboratory. Due to the hematophagic habits of these organisms, blood must be provided in order to guarantee the reproduction of individuals that constitute the colonies. Some species of mammals and birds are used as a direct blood source in many laboratories. Due to current bioethical parameters, the direct use of animals has been replaced by artificial blood feeding by using synthetic membranes to simulate animal skin. In this study, the efficiency of collagen and latex in the artificial feeding of mosquitoes of the Aedes aegypti and Culex

SUBMITTER: Dias LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7824735 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature