A simple and affordable method for estimating the fluid volume a mosquito sucks using food dyes
Abstract Background Blood-sucking by mosquitoes is an inevitable behavior when pathogens are transmitted among humans. Adenine nucleotides such as ATP are known as phagostimulants for mosquitoes and are widely used to induce and enhance the blood-sucking activity in an artificial manner. Although us...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-02-01
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| Series: | Tropical Medicine and Health |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-021-00302-6 |