Optimisation of laboratory-rearing parameters for Anopheles funestus larvae and adults.

ABSTRACT: 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. Unfortunately, scientific investigations, which could improve understanding of this vector species or lead to the development of new control strategies, are currently limited by difficulties in laboratory rearing of the species. In an attempt to optimise laboratory-rearing conditions for An. funestus, the effect of an artificial blood-feeding system for adults, different larval diet doses, and a range of other rearing conditions on the life history traits of an existing colony were investigated. Firstly, fecundity and fertility in An. funestus adult females fed on either live guinea pigs or bovine blood suppli

SUBMITTER: Niain'ny Felamboahangy L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9874306 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature