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

Klein, Terry A.; Lima, Jose B.P.; Tang, Amazonia Toda

doi:10.1590/S0037-86821991000100003

Abstracts

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 more anthropophilic than the other anophelines collected. The remainder of the Anopheles species were collected much morefrequently in bovine-baited traps than in human-bait collections. Anopheles darlingi and An. deaneorum were more frequently collected inside houses than the other anopheline species. But, when collections were made in a house with numerous openings in the walls, there were few differences in the percentages of each species biting man indoors versus outdoors. Anopheles darlingi was the predominant mosquito collected, both inside and outside houses, and had the strongest anthropophilic feeding behavior of the anophelines present.

Anopheles sp. Brazil; Behavior; Anthropophilic; Zoophilic

Para determinar o comportamento antropofilico e zoofilico dos anofelinos, foram capturados mosquitos na periferia e na zona urbana de Costa Marques, Rondônia, Brasil. Foram comparadas as capturas feitas à noite, com iscas bovinas e humanas, dentro efora de casa. O Anopheles darlingi e o Anopheles deaneorumforam mais antropojilicos do que os outros anofelinos capturados. O restante das espécies anofelinas foi capturado mais freqüentemente nas iscas bovinas do que nas humanas. Anopheles darlingi e Anopheles deaneorumforam capturados dentro de casa com mais freqüência do que as outras espécies anofelinas. Porém, quando a captura foi feita em casas com muitas aberturas nas paredes houve pouca diferença nas porcentagens de cada espécie sugadora de humanos dentro efora de casa. Anopheles darlingi foi o mosquito capturado com mais freqüência, dentro e fora de casa, e apresentava maior antropofilia em relação aos outros anofelinos presentes.

Anopheles sp. Brasil; Comportamento; Antropofilico; Zoofilico

ARTICLES

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

Terry A. Klein; Jose B.P. Lima; Amazonia Toda Tang

^{Adress to correspondence} Adress to correspondence: Major Terry A. Klein. Division of CD&I. Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington DC 20307-5100.

ABSTRACT

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 more anthropophilic than the other anophelines collected. The remainder of the Anopheles species were collected much morefrequently in bovine-baited traps than in human-bait collections. Anopheles darlingi and An. deaneorum were more frequently collected inside houses than the other anopheline species. But, when collections were made in a house with numerous openings in the walls, there were few differences in the percentages of each species biting man indoors versus outdoors. Anopheles darlingi was the predominant mosquito collected, both inside and outside houses, and had the strongest anthropophilic feeding behavior of the anophelines present.

Keywords:Anopheles sp. Brazil, Behavior, Anthropophilic. Zoophilic.

RESUMO

Para determinar o comportamento antropofilico e zoofilico dos anofelinos, foram capturados mosquitos na periferia e na zona urbana de Costa Marques, Rondônia, Brasil. Foram comparadas as capturas feitas à noite, com iscas bovinas e humanas, dentro efora de casa. O Anopheles darlingi e o Anopheles deaneorumforam mais antropojilicos do que os outros anofelinos capturados. O restante das espécies anofelinas foi capturado mais freqüentemente nas iscas bovinas do que nas humanas. Anopheles darlingi e Anopheles deaneorumforam capturados dentro de casa com mais freqüência do que as outras espécies anofelinas. Porém, quando a captura foi feita em casas com muitas aberturas nas paredes houve pouca diferença nas porcentagens de cada espécie sugadora de humanos dentro efora de casa. Anopheles darlingi foi o mosquito capturado com mais freqüência, dentro e fora de casa, e apresentava maior antropofilia em relação aos outros anofelinos presentes.

Palavras-chave:Anopheles sp. Brasil. Comportamento. Antropofilico. Zoofilico.

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Departments of the Army and Defense of the United States. Instituto de Biologia do Exército, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. Laboratório Central de Entomologia, Divisão de Malária, SUCAM/MS, Brasília, DF, Brasil.

This study was supported by the US Army Medical Research and Development Command, Grant DAMD17-84-6-4004 to the University of Brasilia, DF, Brazil.

Núcleo de Medicina Tropical e Nutrição, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brasil.

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2. Deane LM. Malaria studies and control in Brazil. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 38: 223-230, 1988.
3. Deane LM, Causey OR, Deane MP. Notas sobre a distribuição e a biologia dos anophelinos das regiões Nordestina e Amazônica do Brasil. Revista do Serviço Especial de Saúde Pública 1: 827-965, 1948.
4. Faran ME, Linthicum KJ. A handbook of the Amazon species of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) (Diptera: Culicidae). Mosquitoes Systems 13: 1-81, 1981.
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6. Greenwood BM. The microepidemiology of malaria and its importance to malaria control. Transaction of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 83 (suppl.): 25-29, 1989.
7. Klein TA, Lima JBP. Seasonal distribution and biting patterns of Anopheles mosquitoes in Costa Marques, Rondonia, Brazil. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 6: 700-707, 1990.
8. Kelin TA, Lima JBP, Tada MS. Comparative susceptibility of anopheline mosquitoes to Plasmodium falciparum in Rondonia, Brazil. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 44: 598-603, 1991.
9. Klein TA, Tada MS, Lima JBP. Comparative susceptibility of potential anopheline vectors to Plasmodium falciparum in Rondonia, Brazil. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1991.
10. Marques AC. Human migration and the spread of malaria in Brazil. Parasitology Today 3:166-170,1987.
11. Molyneaux L, Gramiccia G. The Garki Project- Research on the epidemiology and control of malaria in Sudan savannah of West Africa. World Health Organization p. 311, 1980.
12. Schultz GW. Animal influence on man-biting rates at a malarious site in Palawan, Philippines. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 20: 49- 53, 1989.
13. Shannon RC, Davis NC. Observations on the Anophelini (Culicidade) of Bahia, Brazil. Annals of the American Entomology Society 23: 467-505, 1930.
14. Sota T, Mogi M. Effectiveness of zooprophylaxis in malaria control: a theoretical inquiry, with a model for mösquito populations with two bloodmeal hosts. Veterinary and Entomology Medicine 3: 337-345, 1989.
15. White GB, Rosen P. Comparative studies on sibling species of the Anopheles gambiae complex (Diptera Culicidae). II. Ecology of species A and B in Savanna aound Kaduna, Nigeria during transition from wet to dry season. Bulletin of Entomology Research 62:613.1973.

Adress to correspondence:

Major Terry A. Klein.

Division of CD&I.

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington

DC 20307-5100.

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[1] 1. Charlwood JD, Wilkes TJ. Observations on the biting activity of Anopheles triannulatus bachmanni from the Mato Grosso, Brazil. Acta Amazônica 11:67-69,1981.

[2] 2. Deane LM. Malaria studies and control in Brazil. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 38: 223-230, 1988.

[3] 3. Deane LM, Causey OR, Deane MP. Notas sobre a distribuição e a biologia dos anophelinos das regiões Nordestina e Amazônica do Brasil. Revista do Serviço Especial de Saúde Pública 1: 827-965, 1948.

[4] 4. Faran ME, Linthicum KJ. A handbook of the Amazon species of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) (Diptera: Culicidae). Mosquitoes Systems 13: 1-81, 1981.

[5] 5. Gabaldon A. Malaria incidence in the West Indies and South America. In: Boyd, Mark F (ed) Malariology. WB. Saunders Co., Philadelphy p. 764-787, 1949.

[6] 6. Greenwood BM. The microepidemiology of malaria and its importance to malaria control. Transaction of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 83 (suppl.): 25-29, 1989.

[7] 7. Klein TA, Lima JBP. Seasonal distribution and biting patterns of Anopheles mosquitoes in Costa Marques, Rondonia, Brazil. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 6: 700-707, 1990.

[8] 8. Kelin TA, Lima JBP, Tada MS. Comparative susceptibility of anopheline mosquitoes to Plasmodium falciparum in Rondonia, Brazil. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 44: 598-603, 1991.

[9] 9. Klein TA, Tada MS, Lima JBP. Comparative susceptibility of potential anopheline vectors to Plasmodium falciparum in Rondonia, Brazil. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1991.

[10] 10. Marques AC. Human migration and the spread of malaria in Brazil. Parasitology Today 3:166-170,1987.

[11] 11. Molyneaux L, Gramiccia G. The Garki Project- Research on the epidemiology and control of malaria in Sudan savannah of West Africa. World Health Organization p. 311, 1980.

[12] 12. Schultz GW. Animal influence on man-biting rates at a malarious site in Palawan, Philippines. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 20: 49- 53, 1989.

[13] 13. Shannon RC, Davis NC. Observations on the Anophelini (Culicidade) of Bahia, Brazil. Annals of the American Entomology Society 23: 467-505, 1930.

[14] 14. Sota T, Mogi M. Effectiveness of zooprophylaxis in malaria control: a theoretical inquiry, with a model for mösquito populations with two bloodmeal hosts. Veterinary and Entomology Medicine 3: 337-345, 1989.

[15] 15. White GB, Rosen P. Comparative studies on sibling species of the Anopheles gambiae complex (Diptera Culicidae). II. Ecology of species A and B in Savanna aound Kaduna, Nigeria during transition from wet to dry season. Bulletin of Entomology Research 62:613.1973.