TY - JOUR AU - Ngowo, Halfan S. AU - Hape, Emmanuel E. AU - Matthiopoulos, Jason AU - Ferguson, Heather M. AU - Okumu, Fredros O. PY - 2021 DA - 2021/03/12 TI - Fitness characteristics of the malaria vector Anopheles funestus during an attempted laboratory colonization JO - Malaria Journal SP - 148 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - The malaria vector Anopheles funestus is increasingly recognized as a dominant vector of residual transmission in many African settings. Efforts to better understand its biology and control are significantly impeded by the difficulties of colonizing it under laboratory conditions. To identify key bottlenecks in colonization, this study compared the development and fitness characteristics of wild An. funestus from Tanzania (FUTAZ) and their F1 offspring during colonization attempts. The demography and reproductive success of wild FUTAZ offspring were compared to that of individuals from one of the only An. funestus strains that has been successfully colonized (FUMOZ, from Mozambique) under similar laboratory conditions. SN - 1475-2875 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03677-3 DO - 10.1186/s12936-021-03677-3 ID - Ngowo2021 ER -