Gowelo, Steven
Chirombo, James
Spitzen, Jeroen
Koenraadt, Constantianus J. M.
Mzilahowa, Themba
van den Berg, Henk
Takken, Willem
McCann, Robert
Funding for this research was provided by:
Dioraphte Foundation, The Netherlands
Article History
Received: 3 March 2020
Accepted: 11 May 2020
First Online: 16 May 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Human blood used to rear the main mosquito colony was obtained from the blood bank (Sanquin, The Netherlands) where donors filled out an informed consent. The female mosquitoes emerging from larvae that survived exposure to sublethal <i>Bti</i> doses were fed on human blood <i>via</i> arm feeding. The Medical Research Ethics Committee of Wageningen University concluded that the experimental procedure did not require ethical approval according to the Dutch ‘Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act’.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.