Description
Material provided: Live eggs
Unit definition: Batch of >2000 live eggs
Vector information
Family: Culicidae
Genus: Anopheles
Species: Anopheles gambiae
Strain Name: KISUMU
Place of origin: Kisumu, Kenya
Date of colonisation: 1953
Production protocol
Eggs are hatched in dechlorinated tap water and larvae are reared under controlled conditions of 150–200 larvae per 1 liter and fed with one yeast tablet renewed every 3–4 days. Adults are kept in cages at 28°±1°C with a 16h: 8h light: dark cycle, 80% relative humidity, and supplied with a 10% sucrose solution.
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