TY - JOUR
T1 - Host selection of field-collected anopheles jeyporiensis and anopheles nivipes in Bangladesh
AU - Al-Amin, Hasan Mohammad
AU - Kafi, Mohammad Abdullah Heel
AU - Chakma, Sumit
AU - Mohon, Abu Naser
AU - Khan, Wasif A.
AU - Haque, Rashidul
AU - Sullivan, David J.
AU - Norris, Douglas E.
AU - Alam, Mohammad Shafiul
N1 - Funding Information:
Financial support: This research study was funded by the Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute (JHMRI) of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Grant no. 00679).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Anopheles jeyporiensis and Anopheles nivipes appear to play an important role in contemporary malaria transmission in Bangladesh. However, very little is known about the natural host selection of these vectors. Therefore, host selection of these two species was investigated in Bandarban, the most malarious region of Bangladesh. A total of 480 engorged mosquitoes were analyzed. The human blood index (HBI) of An. jeyporiensis varied from 4.17% in outdoor to 19.17% in indoor collections. Similarly, HBI of An. nivipes ranged between 0.83% and 22.50% from outdoor to indoor. For both species, cow blood indices were significantly higher than HBI in both indoor and outdoor collections. These data demonstrate the opportunistic and zoophilic nature of An. jeyporiensis and An. nivipes, which suggests that approaches such as zooprophylasis may prove beneficial as a control strategy.
AB - Anopheles jeyporiensis and Anopheles nivipes appear to play an important role in contemporary malaria transmission in Bangladesh. However, very little is known about the natural host selection of these vectors. Therefore, host selection of these two species was investigated in Bandarban, the most malarious region of Bangladesh. A total of 480 engorged mosquitoes were analyzed. The human blood index (HBI) of An. jeyporiensis varied from 4.17% in outdoor to 19.17% in indoor collections. Similarly, HBI of An. nivipes ranged between 0.83% and 22.50% from outdoor to indoor. For both species, cow blood indices were significantly higher than HBI in both indoor and outdoor collections. These data demonstrate the opportunistic and zoophilic nature of An. jeyporiensis and An. nivipes, which suggests that approaches such as zooprophylasis may prove beneficial as a control strategy.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0923
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0923
M3 - Article
C2 - 30994103
AN - SCOPUS:85067370691
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 100
SP - 1421
EP - 1423
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 6
ER -