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1 September 2009 Determination of Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) Bloodmeal Sources in Western Australia: Implications for Arbovirus Transmission
C. A. Johansen, S. L. Power, A. K. Broom
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Abstract

A double-antibody enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to determine the bloodmeal sources of adult mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) collected in encephalitis vector surveillance mosquito traps in Western Australia between May 1993 and August 2004. In total, 2,606 blood-fed mosquitoes, representing 29 mosquito species, were tested, and 81.7% reacted with one or more of the primary antibodies. Aedes camptorhynchus (Thomson) and Culex annulirostris Skuse were the most common species tested, making up 47.2% (1,234) and 35.6% (930), respectively. These species obtained bloodmeals from a variety of vertebrate hosts but particularly marsupials and cows. In contrast, Culex pullus Theobald (72.7%; 24/33), Culiseta atra (Lee) (70.0%; 7/10), Culex globocoxitus Dobrotworsky (54.5%; 12/22), and Culex quinquefasciatus Say (39.3%; 22/56) often obtained bloodmeals from birds. Although Ae. camptorhynchus and Cx. annulirostris are well established vectors of arboviruses, other mosquitoes also may have a role in enzootic and/or epizootic transmission.

© 2009 Entomological Society of America
C. A. Johansen, S. L. Power, and A. K. Broom "Determination of Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) Bloodmeal Sources in Western Australia: Implications for Arbovirus Transmission," Journal of Medical Entomology 46(5), 1167-1175, (1 September 2009). https://doi.org/10.1603/033.046.0527
Received: 12 March 2009; Accepted: 1 May 2009; Published: 1 September 2009
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KEYWORDS
Aedes camptorhynchus
arbovirus ecology
Culex annulirostris
Culex pullus
mosquito bloodmeal identification
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