@article{fdi:010013982,
  title = {{S}imilar feeding preferences of {A}nopheles gambiae and {A}. arabiensis in {S}enegal},
  author = {{D}iatta, {M}athurin and {S}piegel, {A}. and {L}ochouarn, {L}aurence and {F}ontenille, {D}idier},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his study in {S}enegal compared the feeding preferences of #{A}nopheles gambiae$ and #{A}. arabiensis$ while controlling for equal accessibility to hosts located outdoors under bed net traps. {A}ll fed #{A}. gambiae$ complex females were identified with the aid of the polymerase chain reaction and their blood meal sources were identified by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. {A} total of 605 anophelines, including 281 #{A}. gambiae$ and 301 #{A}. arabiensis$, were captured, 32.2 % in the human-baited traps and 67.8 % in bovine-baited traps. 30.3 % of #{A}. gambiae$ fed in the former and 69.7 % fed in the latter ; the corresponding figures for #{A}. arabiensis$ were 29.6 % and 70.4 %. {T}hus, when the hosts were located outdoors and made equally available, the feeding preferences of #{A}. gambiae$ and #{A}. arabiensis$ were similar ({P}=0.81). {T}hese results suggest that biases existed in previous studies, most of which suggested that #{A}. arabiensis$ was more zoophilic than #{A}. gambiae$. {A}lternatively, the feeding behaviour of these 2 species may differ in various parts of {A}frica. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)},
  keywords = {{VECTEUR} ; {PREFERENCE} {TROPHIQUE} ; {HOMME} ; {BOVIN} ; {ETUDE} {COMPARATIVE} ; {SENEGAL} ; {SALOUM} ; {DIELMO} {REGION}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{T}ransactions of the {R}oyal {S}ociety of {T}ropical {M}edicine and {H}ygiene},
  volume = {92},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {270--272},
  ISSN = {0035-9203},
  year = {1998},
  DOI = {10.1016/{S}0035-9203(98)91005-7},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010013982},
}