Browsing by Subject "Blood feeding"

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Assessment of the Hemotek® system for the in vitro feeding of field-collected Culicoides imicola (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in South Africa

De Beer, C.J.; Boikanyo, S.N.B.; Venter, Gert Johannes (Wiley, 2021-06)

The optimising and standardisation of in vitro blood feeding protocols for field-collected Culicoides species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) will be of essence for the comparison of the vector competencies of various populations ...
The occurrence, diversity and blood feeding patterns of potential vectors of dengue and yellow fever in Kacheliba, West Pokot County, Kenya

Chepkorir, Edith; Venter, Marietjie; Lutomiah, J.; Mulwa, F.; Arum, S.; Tchouassi, David Poumo; Sang, R. (Elsevier, 2018-10)

INTRODUCTION : Yellow fever (YF) and dengue (DEN) viruses are important re-emerging mosquito-borne viruses sharing similar vectors and reservoirs. The last documented YF outbreak in Kenya occurred in 1992–95. However, YF ...
Review of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Afrotropical region using herpetofauna as hosts: conservation and epidemiological consequences of knowing little about many species

Snyman, Louwrens Pieter (Wiley, 2021-02)

Mosquitoes are effective vectors of disease‐causing organisms, and some species are duly very well‐studied organisms. Little fundamental biology is known for a large proportion of mosquito taxa, especially in the Afrotropics, ...

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