Considerations for Human Blood-Feeding and Arthropod Exposure in Vector Biology Research: An Essential Tool for Investigations and Disease Control

• Published in: Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) Vol. 20; no. 11; p. 807
• Main Authors: Harrington, Laura C, Foy, Brian D, Bangs, Michael J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.2020
• Subjects: Animals; Arthropod Vectors - physiology; Arthropods - physiology; Ethics Committees, Research; Feeding Behavior - physiology; Humans; Research Personnel; Vector Borne Diseases - blood; Vector Borne Diseases - transmission; human host; human subjects; vector biology research; ethics; vector-borne diseases; biosafety

Eventually there may be a broadly acceptable, even perfected, substitute for the human host requirement for direct feeding experiments by arthropods, most notably mosquitoes. However, for now, direct and indirect feeding on human volunteers is an important, if not essential, tool in vector biology r...