HOST CHOICE BY INDOOR-RESTING ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS IN ETHIOPIA

Authors
HADIS M LULU M MAKONNEN Y ASFAW T
Citation
M. Hadis et al., HOST CHOICE BY INDOOR-RESTING ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS IN ETHIOPIA, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 91(4), 1997, pp. 376-378
Citations number
25
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
91
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
376 - 378
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-9203(1997)91:4<376:HCBIAA>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The host preference of indoor resting Anopheles arabiensis has been de termined using a direct enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. A total of 611 specimens, 258 from human dwellings, 179 from mixed dwellings, and 174 from cattle sheds, was examined. The proportion of human blood me als identified was highest from mosquitoes caught in human dwellings ( 91.5%), followed by those from mixed dwellings (20.2%) and cattle shed s (3.5%) (P<0.0001). The smaller proportion of human blood meals from mixed dwellings suggests that cattle may protect humans from A. arabie nsis.