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ArticleActa tropica2023

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

Lalasoa Niain'ny Felamboahangy, Maria L Kaiser, Munyaradzi Prince Zengenene, Fredros Okumu, Givemore Munhenga, Lizette L Koekemoer

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Article in Acta tropica, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lalasoa Niain'ny FelamboahangyWits Research Institute for Malaria, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Private Bag 3, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa; Vector Control Reference Laboratory, Centre for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, a division of the National Health Laboratory Services, Private Bag X4, Sandringham, Johannesburg 2131, South Africa.
Maria L KaiserWits Research Institute for Malaria, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Private Bag 3, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa; Vector Control Reference Laboratory, Centre for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, a division of the National Health Laboratory Services, Private Bag X4, Sandringham, Johannesburg 2131, South Africa. Electronic address: mariak@nicd.ac.za.
Munyaradzi Prince ZengeneneWits Research Institute for Malaria, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Private Bag 3, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa; Vector Control Reference Laboratory, Centre for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, a division of the National Health Laboratory Services, Private Bag X4, Sandringham, Johannesburg 2131, South Africa.
Fredros OkumuEnvironmental Health and Ecological Sciences Department, Ifakara Health Institute, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania. Electronic address: fredros@ihi.or.tz.
Givemore MunhengaWits Research Institute for Malaria, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Private Bag 3, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa; Vector Control Reference Laboratory, Centre for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, a division of the National Health Laboratory Services, Private Bag X4, Sandringham, Johannesburg 2131, South Africa. Electronic address: givemorem@nicd.ac.za.
Lizette L KoekemoerWits Research Institute for Malaria, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Private Bag 3, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa; Vector Control Reference Laboratory, Centre for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, a division of the National Health Laboratory Services, Private Bag X4, Sandringham, Johannesburg 2131, South Africa. Electronic address: lizette.koekemoer@wits.ac.za.
National Health Laboratory Service · ZAIfakara Health Institute · TZ

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

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 supplied through an artificial membrane feeding system were assessed. Secondly, a life-table approach was used to assess the impact of larval food dose (mg/larvae), larval density (larvae/cm

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AnophelesAnimalsCattleFemaleGuinea PigsLarvaMembranes, ArtificialMosquito VectorsPupaWaterMembranes, ArtificialWaterAfrican vectorFeedingLaboratory rearingLife-tableMalariaMosquito

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PMID36460094
PMCPMC9874306
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