Laboratory Mass Production and Genetics of 'Anopheles Freeborni'

Abstract

To support malaria vaccine work, rearing techniques were developed for Anopheles freeborni to insure production of adequate numbers of insects of uniform age and size to be used in sporozoite production studies. Colonies of several geographic strains were set up from field-collected specimens and maintained using these techniques. These colonized strains were equivalent to WRAIR's An. stephensi strain in their ability to produce Plasmodium falciparum sporozites. The data obtained from this project further defines mass rearing techniques and requirements for anopheline species and provides valuable information on genetic differences among filed populations of An. freeborni and An. hermsi. Keywords: Mosquitoes; Malaria; Parasitic diseases; Vectors; Systematics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 19, 1990
Accession Number
ADA227291

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People

  • Daniel L. Kline

Organizations

  • Agricultural Research Service

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  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Cells
  • Chromosome Aberrations
  • Chromosomes
  • Climate Change
  • Genetic Structures
  • Genetic Variation
  • Genetics
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geography
  • Malaria
  • Medical Personnel
  • North America
  • Population Genetics
  • Rodents
  • Statistical Analysis
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  • Parasitology and Pharmacology of Malaria.
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  • Vector-Borne Disease and Entomology

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  • Biotechnology