BLOODFEEDING BEHAVIOR OF ANOPHELES-GAMBIAE SL AND ANOPHELES-FUNESTUS IN KILIFI DISTRICT, KENYA

Authors
MBOGO CNM KABIRU EW MUIRURI SK NZOVU JM OUMA JH GITHURE JI BEIER JC
Citation
Cnm. Mbogo et al., BLOODFEEDING BEHAVIOR OF ANOPHELES-GAMBIAE SL AND ANOPHELES-FUNESTUS IN KILIFI DISTRICT, KENYA, Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 9(2), 1993, pp. 225-227
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
8756971X
Volume
9
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
225 - 227
Database
ISI
SICI code
8756-971X(1993)9:2<225:BBOASA>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Blood meal samples were tested by ELISA for 534 Anopheles gambiae s.l. and 76 Anopheles funestus collected from 25 sites in Kilifi District, Kenya. Human IgG was detected in 94.4% of the An. gambiae s.l. and in 90.8% of the An. funestus. No samples were positive for cow and only a few were positive for goat. Both species fed predominantly on humans irrespective of host availability. At these sites on the Kenyan coast , the high degree of human-feeding by malaria vectors contributes to t he efficiency of malaria parasite transmission and the high incidence of severe malaria.