Survey of Mississippi Mosquito Blood Meals for Vertebrate Host Identification.
Aedes vexans
Culex erraticus
blood meal
white-tailed deer
Journal
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
ISSN: 1943-6270
Titre abrégé: J Am Mosq Control Assoc
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8511299
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 12 2021
01 12 2021
Historique:
entrez:
24
11
2021
pubmed:
25
11
2021
medline:
27
1
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34817606
pii: 474257
doi: 10.2987/21-7004
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
283-285Subventions
Organisme : NIAID NIH HHS
ID : R03 AI117223
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
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