‘We like it wet’: A comparison between dissection techniques for the assessment of parity in Anopheles arabiensis and determination of sac stage in mosquitoes alive or dead on collection

• Authors: Charlwood JD, Tomas EVE, Andegiorgish AK, Mihreteab S, LeClair C
• Publication Year: 2018
• Journal: PeerJ
• Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30018854

BACKGROUND: The determination of parous rates in mosquitoes, despite numerous shortcomings, remains a tool to evaluate the effectiveness of control programs and to determine vectorial capacity in malaria vectors. Two dissection techniques are used for this. For one, the tracheoles of dried ovaries are examined with a compound microscope and in the other the follicular […]
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