Tirados, Iñaki, Costantini, C., Gibson, Gabriella and Torr, Stephen J. (2006) Blood-feeding behaviour of the malarial mosquito Anopheles arabiensis: implications for vector control. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 20 (4). pp. 425-437. ISSN 0269-283X (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2915.2006.652.x)

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Abstract

Feeding behaviour of the malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis Patton (Diptera: Culicidae) was monitored for 12 months (March 2003 − February 2004) in the Konso District of southern Ethiopia (5°15 ′ N, 37°28 ′ E). More than 45 000 An. arabiensis females were collected by host-baited sampling methods (light-traps, human landing catches, cattle-baited traps) and from resting sites (huts and pit shelters). In the village of Fuchucha, where the ratio of cattle : humans was 0.6 : 1, 51% of outdoor-resting
mosquitoes and 66% of those collected indoors had fed on humans, human baits outdoors caught > 2.5 times more mosquitoes than those indoors and the mean catch of
mosquitoes from pit shelters was about five times that from huts. Overall, the vast majority of feeding and resting occurred outdoors. In the cattle camps of Konso, where
humans slept outdoors close to their cattle, ∼ 46% of resting mosquitoes collected outdoors had fed on humans despite the high cattle : human ratio (17 : 1). In both places, relatively high proportions of bloodmeals were mixed cow + human: 22 – 25% at Fuchucha and 37% in the cattle camps. Anthropophily was also gauged experimentally
by comparing the numbers of mosquitoes caught in odour-baited entry traps baited with either human or cattle odour. The human-baited trap caught about five times as many
mosquitoes as the cattle-baited one. Notwithstanding the potential pitfalls of using standard sampling devices to analyse mosquito behaviour, the results suggest that the
An. arabiensis population is inherently anthropophagic, but this is counterbalanced by exophagic and postprandial exophilic tendencies. Consequently, the population feeds
sufficiently on humans to transmit malaria (sporozoite rates: 0.3% for Plasmodium falciparum and 0.5% for P. vivax , by detection of circumsporozoite antigen) but also
takes a high proportion of meals from non-human hosts, with 59 – 91% of resting mosquitoes containing blood from cattle. Hence, classical zooprophylaxis is unlikely to
have a significant impact on the malaria vectorial capacity of An. arabiensis in Konso, whereas treating cattle with insecticide might do

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Anopheles arabiensis, anthropophilic, baited traps, endophagic, endophilic, exophagic, exophilic, host preference, malaria vector, zoophagic, zoophilic, zooprophylaxis, Ethiopia
Subjects:	S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) Q Science > Q Science (General) S Agriculture > SF Animal culture Q Science > QL Zoology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute > Agriculture, Health & Environment Department
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Last Modified:	29 Jan 2020 13:04
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/3207

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