Host-feeding patterns of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in a rural village near Cairo, Egypt

Host-feeding patterns of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in a rural village near Cairo, Egypt

Blood meals from 1,720 Culex pipiens (L.) 33 Cx. antennatus (Becker), 23 Cx. univittatus Theobald, 9 Aedes caspius (Pallas), and 2 Anopheles tenebrosus Doenitz collected in outdoor sites near Abu Rawash village, Giza Governorate, were analyzed. Of the 1,787 blood meals, 14% were from human and 84% w...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Journal of medical entomology 1988-01, Vol.23 (5), p.410-412
Hauptverfasser: Zimmerman, J H, Abbassy, M M, Hanafi, HA, Beier, J C, Dees, W H
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aedes
Anopheles
Culex
Culicidae
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Blood meals from 1,720 Culex pipiens (L.) 33 Cx. antennatus (Becker), 23 Cx. univittatus Theobald, 9 Aedes caspius (Pallas), and 2 Anopheles tenebrosus Doenitz collected in outdoor sites near Abu Rawash village, Giza Governorate, were analyzed. Of the 1,787 blood meals, 14% were from human and 84% were from bovine, ovine or equine hosts. Only Cx. pipiens fed on birds; the rate (0.6%) was low despite the abundance of domestic fowl of domestic fowl in the area.
ISSN:0022-2585