Unexpected Anthropophily in the Potential Secondary Malaria Vectors Anopheles coustani s.l. and Anopheles squamosus in Macha, Zambia
Unexpected Anthropophily in the Potential Secondary Malaria Vectors Anopheles coustani s.l. and Anopheles squamosus in Macha, Zambia
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DOI：
10.1089/vbz.2010.0082
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发表时间：
2011-08-01
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2.1
通讯作者：
Norris, Douglas E.
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作者：
Fornadel, Christen M.;Norris, Laura C.;Norris, Douglas E.
库斯坦按蚊和Anopheles squamosus是撒哈拉以南的蚊子物种，与疟疾传播有关。虽然一般认为是微不足道的重要性，由于他们压倒性的zoophilic行为，安。库斯塔尼公司和一个.在2007-2008年和2008-2009年赞比亚Macha雨季，人类登陆捕获的按蚊中，鳞状按蚊占了很大比例。此外，基于聚合酶链反应的血餐鉴定表明，这些蚊子物种的血餐大多数来自人类疾病控制中心的诱饵灯陷阱。虽然没有安。库斯塔尼公司或.虽然发现鳞状蚊子对疟原虫呈阳性，但赞比亚南部这些蚊子表现出的嗜热倾向表明它们有可能成为次级疟疾媒介。
Anopheles coustani s.l. and Anopheles squamosus are sub-Saharan mosquito species that have been implicated in malaria transmission. Although generally believed to be of negligible importance due to their overwhelmingly zoophilic behavior, An. coustani s.l. and An. squamosus made up a large proportion of the anophelines collected by human landing catches during the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 rainy seasons in Macha, Zambia. Further, polymerase chain reaction-based blood meal identification showed that the majority of blood meals from these mosquito species caught in human-baited Centers for Disease Control light traps were from human hosts. Although no An. coustani s.l. or An. squamosus were found to be positive for Plasmodium, the demonstrated anthropophilic tendencies of these mosquitoes in southern Zambia suggest their potential as secondary malaria vectors.