Optimizing tick artificial membrane feeding for Ixodes scapularis

Abstract Artificial membrane feeding (AMF) is a powerful and versatile technique with a wide range of applications in the study of disease vectors species. Since its first description, AMF has been under constant optimization and standardization for different tick species and life stages. In the USA...

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Main Authors: Melina Garcia Guizzo, Claudio Meneses, Pedro Amado Cecilio, Patricia Hessab Alvarenga, Daniel Sonenshine, Jose M. Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43200-z