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The study investigates the blood meal preferences of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, revealing that females prefer human blood over other sources, with the highest egg production and larval emergence linked to this preference. Specifically, females fed on human blood laid an average of 454.33 eggs, while those fed on albino rat blood laid 425.7 eggs. The findings suggest that human and albino rat blood are optimal for mass rearing of Aedes aegypti in laboratory conditions.
- Author
- Hira Hameed
- Language
- EN