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

• Main Authors: Hamady Dieng, Tomomitsu Satho, Fatimah Abang, Nur Khairatun Khadijah Binti Meli, Idris A. Ghani, Cirilo Nolasco-Hipolito, Hafijah Hakim, Fumio Miake, Abu Hassan Ahmad, Sabina Noor, Wan Fatma Zuharah, Hamdan Ahmad, Abdul Hafiz A. Majid, Ronald E. Morales Vargas, Noppawan P. Morales, Siriluck Attrapadung, Gabriel Tonga Noweg
• Other Authors: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Immunology and Microbiology
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/41485
• Institution: Mahidol University

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. In nature, adult mosquitoes typically utilize nectar as their main energy source, but they can switch to other as yet unidentified sugary fluids. Contemporary lifestyles, with their associated unwillingness to consume leftovers and improper disposal of waste, have resulted in th...