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A Blood-Free Diet to Rear Anopheline Mosquitoes
Published on: January 31, 2020
Interrupted feeding of blood-sucking insects: causes and effects
1Department of Medical Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK.
Parasitology Today (Personal Ed.)
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
The interruption of feeding of an arthropod vector can have important consequences for the transmission of blood parasites. In this article, Clive Davies explains the causes of feeding interruptions and how they are estimated, so as to assess the consequences to the fitness of a vector and the transmission success of its parasites.

