DIFFERENTIAL ATTRACTIVENESS OF ISOLATED HUMANS TO MOSQUITOS IN TANZANIA

Authors
KNOLS BGJ DEJONG R TAKKEN W
Citation
Bgj. Knols et al., DIFFERENTIAL ATTRACTIVENESS OF ISOLATED HUMANS TO MOSQUITOS IN TANZANIA, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 89(6), 1995, pp. 604-606
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Tropical Medicine
Journal title
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene → ACNP
ISSN journal
00359203
Volume
89
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
604 - 606
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-9203(1995)89:6<604:DAOIHT>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Individually occupied tents, modified for sampling mosquitoes, were us ed to assess the attractiveness of 3 humans for Anopheles gambiae Gile s s.l., A. funestus Giles, Culex quinquefasciatus Say and Mansonia spp . in north-east Tanzania. Significant differences (P<0.025) in attract iveness were observed for the first 3 species, whereas Mansonia did no t show any preference. Because of the objective sampling method used, these results provide the first conclusive evidence that isolated peop le vary in attractiveness to mosquitoes.