Mosquito Host Bloodmeal Identification: Methodology and Data Analysis

Washino, Robert K.; Tempelis, C. H.

doi:10.1146/annurev.en.28.010183.001143

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“…tarsalis sampled from Kern County, the Sacramento Valley, and the Los Angeles Basin in California, in addition to analyses in Colorado and Texas. 8,38,[50][51][52][53][54][55][56] In host preference studies, where a number of vertebrates, including birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians, were exposed to hostseeking mosquitoes in bait trap settings, birds were the most attractive hosts for Cx. tarsalis 57,58 ; a similar host preference investigation found that Cx.…”

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Vector-Host Interactions Governing Epidemiology of West Nile Virus in Southern California

Molaei¹,

Cummings²,

Su³

et al. 2010

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Vector-Host Interactions Governing Epidemiology of West Nile Virus in Southern California

Molaei¹,

Cummings²,

Su³

et al. 2010

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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“…This information makes it possible to estimate the degree of humanvector contact and to understand the role of a given species in disease transmission cycle, both of which are critical for vector-control measures (Garret-Jones et al 1980). Several factors including host preference, host availability, host density, and host irritability are known to influence blood feeding by mosquitoes (Washino and Tempelis 1983). These factors play a significant role in determining the epidemiological significance of a particular mosquito species.…”

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Blood-feeding patterns of Culex quinquefasciatus and other culicines and implications for disease transmission in Mwea rice scheme, Kenya

et al. 2008

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Studies were conducted in Mwea Rice Scheme, Kenya during the period April 2005 and January 2007 to determine the host-feeding pattern of culicine mosquitoes. Mosquitoes were collected indoors and outdoors and tested for human, bovine, goat, and donkey blood meals by an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay. A total of 1,714 blood-engorged samples comprising Culex quinquefasciatus Say (96.1%), Culex annulioris Theobald (1.8%), Culex poicilipes Theobald (0.9%), Aedes cuminsi Theobald (1.0%), Aedes taylori Edwards (0.1%), and Mansonia africana Theobald (0.1%) were tested. Except for A. taylori, in which the single blood meal tested was of bovine origin, the other species fed mostly on both bovine (range 73.3-100%) and goats (range 50-100%). Donkeys were also common hosts for all species (range 19.4-23.5%) except A. taylori and M. africana. C. quinquefasciatus was the only species containing human blood meals (0.04), and indoor collected populations of this species had significantly higher frequency of human blood meals (9.8%) compared with outdoor-collected populations (3.0%). Mixed blood feeding was dominant among culicine species comprising 50.0%, 73.3%, 73.5%, 80.6%, and 94.1% of the samples for M. africana, C. poicilipes, C. quinquefasciatus, C. annulioris, and A. cuminsi, respectively. Ten mixed blood meal combinations including a mixture of all the four hosts were observed in C. quinquefasciatus, compared to one blood meal combination for M. Africana, and two combinations for C. poicilipes, C. annulioris, and A. cuminsi. Mixed bovine and goat blood meal was the most common combination among the five culicine species followed by a mixture of donkey, bovine, and goat blood meals. We conclude that culicine species in Mwea are least likely to be vectors of lymphatic filariasis due to their high "preference" for livestock over human hosts, but they present an increased risk for arbovirus transmission particularly Rift Valley Fever virus, in which domestic animals serve as amplification hosts.

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“…Most of our current knowledge of triatomine host-feeding patterns come from blood meal identification studies of field samples (Minter 1976, Wisnivesky-Colli 1987), but this is not equivalent to host-feeding preferences (Washino & Tempelis 1983). The host-feeding preferences of triatomine bugs have been studied experimentally only by Jirón and Zeledón (1982).…”

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Effects of Non-Susceptible Hosts on the Infection with Trypanosoma cruzi of the Vector Triatoma infestans: an Experimental Model

Vázquez¹,

Canale

Gürtler³

1999

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

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Mosquito Host Bloodmeal Identification: Methodology and Data Analysis

Cited by 92 publications

References 37 publications

Vector-Host Interactions Governing Epidemiology of West Nile Virus in Southern California

Vector-Host Interactions Governing Epidemiology of West Nile Virus in Southern California

Blood-feeding patterns of Culex quinquefasciatus and other culicines and implications for disease transmission in Mwea rice scheme, Kenya

Effects of Non-Susceptible Hosts on the Infection with Trypanosoma cruzi of the Vector Triatoma infestans: an Experimental Model

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