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Evaluation of survival potential and malaria susceptibility among different size classes of laboratory-reared
S Kitthawee1, J D Edman, J Sattabongkot
1University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
|October 1, 1990
Abstract:
Four size classes of Anopheles dirus were reared from different larval densities. Higher densities produced smaller adults with lower survivorship. Larger females took larger bloodmeals by artificial feeding with cultured Plasmodium falciparum and developed significantly more oocysts.