@article{fdi:010037773,
  title = {{B}lood-feeding behaviour of the malarial mosquito {A}nopheles arabiensis: implications for vector control},
  author = {{T}irados, {I}. and {C}ostantini, {C}arlo and {G}ibson, {G}. and {T}orr, {S}. {J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{F}eeding behaviour of the malaria vector {A}nopheles arabiensis {P}atton ({D}iptera: {C}ulicidae) was monitored for 12 months ({M}arch 2003-{F}ebruary 2004) in the {K}onso {D}istrict of southern {E}thiopia (5 degrees 15'{N}, 37 degrees 28'{E}). {M}ore than 45 000 {A}n. arabiensis females were collected by host-baited sampling methods (light-traps, human landing catches, cattle-baited traps) and from resting sites (huts and pit shelters). {I}n the village of {F}uchucha, where the ratio of cattle : humans was 0.6 : 1, 51% of outdoor-resting mosquitoes and 66% of those collected indoors had fed on humans, human baits outdoors caught > 2.5 times more mosquitoes than those indoors and the mean catch of mosquitoes from pit shelters was about five times that from huts. {O}verall, the vast majority of feeding and resting occurred outdoors. {I}n the cattle camps of {K}onso, where humans slept outdoors close to their cattle, similar to 46% of resting mosquitoes collected outdoors had fed on humans despite the high cattle : human ratio (17 : 1). {I}n both places, relatively high proportions of bloodmeals were mixed cow + human: 22-25% at {F}uchucha and 37% in the cattle camps. {A}nthropophily was also gauged experimentally by comparing the numbers of mosquitoes caught in odour-baited entry traps baited with either human or cattle odour. {T}he human-baited trap caught about five times as many mosquitoes as the cattle-baited one. {N}otwithstanding the potential pitfalls of using standard sampling devices to analyse mosquito behaviour, the results suggest that the {A}n. arabiensis population is inherently anthropophagic, but this is counterbalanced by exophagic and postprandial exophilic tendencies. {C}onsequently, the population feeds sufficiently on humans to transmit malaria (sporozoite rates: 0.3% for {P}lasmodium falciparum and 0.5% for {P}. vivax, by detection of circurnsporozoite antigen) but also takes a high proportion of meals from non-human hosts, with 59-91% of resting mosquitoes containing blood from cattle. {H}ence, classical zooprophylaxis is unlikely to have a significant impact on the malaria vectorial capacity of {A}n. arabiensis in {K}onso, whereas treating cattle with insecticide might do.},
  keywords = {{A}nopheles arabiensis ; anthropophilic ; baited traps ; endophagic ; endophilic ; exophagic ; exophilic ; host preference ; malaria vector ; zoophagic ; zoophilic ; zooprophylaxis ; {E}thiopia},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}edical and {V}eterinary {E}ntomology},
  volume = {20},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {425--437},
  ISSN = {0269-283{X}},
  year = {2006},
  DOI = {10.1111/j.1365-2915.2006.652.x},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010037773},
}