Results: Morphology of L4 Stage Mosquito and Salivary Gland Dissected from Mosquito Head
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The salivary glands of insects, are required for transmitting many human diseases. So a better understanding, of salary gland biology should help us, add to existing strategies for disease prevention. This technique will allow us, to quickly ask i
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The adult mosquito salivary gland (SG) is required for the transmission of all mosquito-borne pathogens to their human hosts, including viruses and parasites. This video demonstrates efficient isolation of the SGs from the larval (L4) stage Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes and preparation of the L4 SGs for further analysis.