Mark-recapture studies of host selection by Anopheles (Anopheles) vestitipennis.

Ulloa García, Armando y Arredondo Jiménez, Juan Ignacio y Fernández Salas, Ildefonso y Rodríguez, Mario Henry (2002) Mark-recapture studies of host selection by Anopheles (Anopheles) vestitipennis. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 18 (1). pp. 32-35. ISSN 8756-971X

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Resumen

We present herein the results of a series of mark-recapture experiments with female Anopheles vestitipennis. Theses experiments used human and animal hosts to assess the degree of anthropophily of field-caught specimens, originally collected on either host, and of their offspring. Fidelity of mosquitoes to particular hosts was estimated by recapturing marked host-seeking mosquitoes returning for a 2nd blood meal. Results indicated that mosquitoes seeking animal hosts were more faithful (80.48%; 33 of 41) in returning to their original host than were those seeking human hosts (63%; 49 of 78).

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