Sand fly blood meal volumes and their relation to female body weight under experimental conditions
Věra Volfová,
Magdalena Jančářová,
Petr Volf
Abstract:Abstract
Background
Sand fly females require a blood meal to develop eggs. The size of the blood meal is crucial for fecundity and affects the dose of pathogens acquired by females when feeding on infected hosts or during experimental membrane-feeding.
Methods
Under standard laboratory conditions, we compared blood meal volumes taken by females of ten sand fly species from four genera: Phlebotomus, Lutzomyia, Migonomyia, and Sergen… Show more
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