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Host feeding patterns of Anopheles culicifacies species A and B.

Year: 1988

Type: article

Abstract: Countercurrent immunoelectrophoresis was used to assay bloodmeals to determine the host specificity of Anopheles culicifacies species A and B, collected from areas in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Results indicated the predominantly zoophagic nature of species A and B with a relatively higher degree of anthropophagy for species A. Further, the human blood index was found to be related to the proportion of human and cattle population in an area. This study is significant because, of the two species only species A was incriminated as the vector of malaria in these areas.

Source: PubMed

Authors: H Joshi, K Vasantha, S K Subbarao, V P Sharma

Institutions: Indian Council of Medical Research, National Institute of Malaria Research

Language: English

Topic: Malaria Research and Control

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2444204661

FWCI: 0.716

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