Biting behavior of Anopheles mosquitoes in Costa Marques, Rondonia, Brazil

• Main Authors: Terry A. Klein, Jose B.P. Lima, Amazonia Toda Tang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1991
• Subjects: Anopheles sp. Brasil; Comportamento; Antropofilico; Zoofilico; Anopheles sp. Brazil; Behavior; Anthropophilic; Zoophilic; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Periferia
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/191fdc760f7a44f2ab47c9a44b1cd15b

Mosquito collections were made in and near Costa Marques, Rondonia, Brazil, to determine anopheline anthropophilic/zoophilic behavior. Collections from a non-illuminated, bovine-baited trap and indoor and outdoor human-bait collections were compared. Anopheles darlingi and Anopheles deaneorum were m...