Survey of Mississippi Mosquito Blood Meals for Vertebrate Host Identification
| Autor: | Diana C. Outlaw, Jessica Lynn Ber, Jerome Goddard |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Psorophora
Zoology Odocoileus Culex erraticus Mississippi biology.animal parasitic diseases Animals Meals Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Aedes vexans biology Transmission (medicine) Host (biology) Deer fungi Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Vertebrate Feeding Behavior General Medicine biology.organism_classification Blood meal Culex Culicidae Insect Science Vertebrates |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 37:283-285 |
| ISSN: | 8756-971X |
| DOI: | 10.2987/21-7004 |
| Popis: | Exploring particular mosquito and vertebrate relationships provide insight to potential transmission of several agents of disease. In the current study, the relationship between white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and mosquitoes was explored by identifying blood meals within mosquitoes captured throughout Mississippi between June and September of 2013 and 2017. We captured 72 bloodfed mosquitoes between 2 collection years, with a majority of specimens identified as Culex erraticus or Psorophora mathesoni. Seventy-nine percent (26/33) of blood meals in Cx. erraticus originated from the white-tailed deer. These findings implicate mosquitoes may primarily be feeding on white-tailed deer in rural areas of Mississippi. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|