Sweet waste extract uptake by a mosquito vector: Survival, biting,fecundity responses, and potential epidemiological significance

• Main Authors: Hamady, Dieng, Satho, Tomomitsu, Fatimah, Abang, Nur Khairatun Khadijah, Binti Meli, Idris, Abd Ghani, Cirilo Nolasco, Nolasco-Hipólito, Hafijah, Hakim, Miake, Fumio, Abu Hassan, Ahmad, Sabina, Noor, Gabriel Tonga, Noweg, Wan Fatma, Zuharah, Hamdan, Ahmad, Abdul Hafiz, Ab Majid, Morales Vargas, Ronald E., Morales, Noppawan Phumala, Attrapadung, Siriluck
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17595/1/Sweet%20waste%20extract%20uptake%20by%20a%20mosquito%20vector%20%28abstract%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17595/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001706X16310762

tIn nature, adult mosquitoes typically utilize nectar as their main energy source, but they can switch toother as yet unidentified sugary fluids. Contemporary lifestyles, with their associated unwillingness toconsume leftovers and improper disposal of waste, have resulted in the disposal of huge amo...