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. 1991 Mar;7(1):11-5.

Feeding behavior patterns of anophelines from Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat states of India

A Roy  1 , M A Ansari, V P Sharma
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  • PMID: 2045801

Feeding behavior patterns of anophelines from Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat states of India

A Roy et al. J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 1991 Mar.

Abstract

Identification of host blood meals collected on filter paper in the field from fully fed female anophelines was carried out by a microdot-ELISA; field-caught mosquito species were simultaneously identified. The results indicate that the percentages of mixed feeds, i.e., mosquitoes feeding both on human and cattle hosts to complete a blood meal, was only 3-4%. Human and mixed feeds together accounted for nearly 10% of bloodmeals. Mosquitoes collected from human dwellings did not show a higher percentage of human feeding than cattle feeding. The human blood index was found to be related to the proportion of human and cattle population in an area.

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