Adilah-Amrannudin, Nurul
JunKai, Kenneth Tan
Mohamad, Ahmad Faisal
Ahmad, Abu Hassan
Salim, Hasber
Azzam, Ghows
Manap, Nurul Nadia
Rahman, Shamsudin
Ishak, Intan Haslina
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universiti Sains Malaysia (Short-Term Grant with Project No: R501-LR-RND002-0000000558-0000)
Article History
Received: 23 December 2025
Accepted: 27 May 2026
First Online: 21 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Ethical approval for the use of restrained rats ( Rattus norvegicus ) as a blood source for mosquito colonization and F1 progeny generation was obtained from the USM Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (USM IACUC), Universiti Sains Malaysia (Approval No.: USM/IACUC/2021/(128)(1141)). All animal procedures were performed in accordance with the institutional guidelines for the care and use of laboratory animals.
Consent of publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.