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| Laporta,Gabriel Z.; Crivelaro,Thaís B.; Vicentin,Elaine C.; Amaro,Priscila; Branquinho,Maria S.; Sallum,Maria Anice M.. |
| The blood feeding of a population of Cx. nigripalpus from Parque Ecológico do Tietê (PET) was investigated using an indirect ELISA protocol. Mosquitoes were captured outside houses. Five hundred sixteen engorged females collected in a reforested area and 25 in an open area were tested. Rodents and dogs were the most common blood sources, accounting for approximately 65.3% of blood meals. Human blood was detected in 10.9%, dog blood in 26.1%, chicken blood in 2.4%, and rodent blood in 39.2% of the 541 insects tested. ELISA failed in identifying the blood sources of 233 engorged females, indicating that the mosquitoes may have fed on a host which was not tested. One hundred six individuals were positive for more than one host. The unweighted human blood... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Disease reservoirs; Food chain; Insect vectors; Parasites; Zoonoses. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262008000400019 |
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