@article{fdi:010025985,
  title = {{C}omparison of direct and membrane feeding methods to infect {A}nopheles arabiensis with {P}lasmodium falciparum},
  author = {{A}wono-{A}mbene, {H}.{P}. and {D}iawara, {L}. and {R}obert, {V}incent},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}wo standard methods are available to infect mosquitoes with malaria parasites : direct feeding through the skin of the gametocyte carrier, and membrane feeding. #{A}nopheles arabiensis$ collected at larval stages and reared in an insectary were fed in parallel by feeding on #{P}lasmodium falciparum$ gametocyte carriers and by membrane feeding on venous blood of the same gametocyte carriers. {I}nfection of mosquitoes was assessed at {D}ay 7 post bloodmeal by oocyst count of the mosquito midguts. {T}he following parameters were not significantly different between the two methods : the percentage of gametocyte carriers infective for at least one mosquito (52.4% through the skin versus 57.1% through the membrane), the mean infection rate of mosquitoes (10.0% versus 11.3%), the geometric mean oocyst number per mosquito (2.51 versus 3.83). {I}n conclusion, infection of mosquitoes by membrane feeding was similar to infection by direct feeding. {M}ost of the volunteers preferred venipuncture to mosquito bites. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)},
  keywords = {{PALUDISME} ; {MOUSTIQUE} ; {AGENT} {PATHOGENE} ; {INFECTION} ; {ETUDE} {EXPERIMENTALE} ; {ETUDE} {COMPARATIVE} ; {ELEVAGE} {DE} {LABORATOIRE} ; {INFESTATION} {EXPERIMENTALE} ; {SENEGAL} ; {THIES}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}merican {J}ournal of {T}ropical {M}edicine and {H}ygiene},
  volume = {64},
  numero = {1,2},
  pages = {32--34},
  ISSN = {0002-9637},
  year = {2001},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010025985},
}