The feeding behaviour and Plasmodium infection of Anopheles mosquitoes in southern Ethiopia in relation to use of insecticide-treated livestock for malaria control

Publication Type

Journal Article

Journal Name

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Publication Date

1-1-2001

Abstract

Anopheles arabiensis and An. quadriannulatus species B mosquitoes were collected at sites of human and livestock housing and analysed for blood feeding patterns and infection with malaria sporozoites. A low percentage of human blood meals at some sites suggested that zooprophylaxis could be effective in reducing challenge from Plasmodium falciparum.

Keywords

Anopheles, Blood-meal source, Disease control, Ethiopia, Insecticide treatment, Livestock, Malaria, Mosquitoes

PubMed ID

11816425

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