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Influence of host anemia on blood-feeding rate and egg production of Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera : Culicidae)

Creator:

Shieh, Jong-Neng

Abstract:

I tested a theoretical model proposing that anemia favors transmission of blood-borne parasites to vectors by accelerating the blood-feeding rate. Using Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, initially, I was not able to confirm this phenomenon either in an artificial or a live system; anemia did not correlate with blood-feeding...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

the number of secondary disease cases arising from one primary disease case introduced into a human