A simple technique for maintaining Stimulium adults, including onchocerciasis vectors, under artificial conditions.
The maintenance of Simulium adults in the laboratory is necessary for many experimental investigations and is a prerequisite to laboratory colonization. A simple technique for this purpose is described in which each fly is kept separately in a hole bored in a block of expanded polystyrene.
D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory / Q000254:growth & development*; D004175:Diptera / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000469:parasitology; D007303:Insect Vectors; D009854:Onchocerca / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009855:Onchocerciasis / Q000517:prevention & control*