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Comparative Evaluation of Benchtop and Portable Near-Infrared Spectrometers for Predicting the Age and Blood Feeding History of

Ayako Takahashi, Elvis Aquino Flores, Rafael Maciel-de-Freitas, Tharanga Kariyawasam, Maggy T Sikulu-Lord

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Article in Insects, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. High-resolution characterisation of diel activity rhythms inCurrent research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ayako TakahashiSchool of the Environment, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.ORCID 0009-0004-3918-0659
Elvis Aquino FloresSchool of the Environment, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.ORCID 0009-0006-0249-7163
Rafael Maciel-de-FreitasLaboratório de Mosquitos Transmissores de Hematozoários, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-2198-6492
Tharanga KariyawasamSchool of the Environment, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
Maggy T Sikulu-LordSchool of the Environment, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9346-2970

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study is a comparative assessment of a more affordable handheld spectrometer (NIRvascan) with the traditional Labspec 4i spectrometer for predicting the chronological age and blood feeding history of female

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Aedes aegyptiage gradingblood feeding historymosquitoesnear-infrared spectroscopy

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PMID41302889
PMCPMC12653689

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