Host-Feeding Patterns of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in a Rural Village Near Cairo, Egypt. (Reannouncement with New Availability Information).

摘要

Blood meals from 1,720 Culex pipiens (L.), 33 Cx. antennatus (Becker), 23 Cx. univittatus Theobald, 9 Aedes caspius (Pallas), and 2 Anopheles tenebrosus Doenitz collected in outdoor sites near Abu Rawash village, Giza Governorate, were analyzed by the modified precipitin test. Of the 1.787 blood meals, 14% were from human and 84% were from bovine, ovine, or equine hosts. Only Cx. pipiens fed on birds; the rate (0.6%) was low despite the abundance of domestic fowl in the area. Forage ratios for each species, based on a census of man and livestock, were low for man and high for bovines and equines. Specific Topics include Insecta; Culicidae; Blood meal; Forage ratio.