Multiple transmission of Plasmodium gallinaceum (Eucoccida: Plasmodiidae) during serial probing by Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) on several hosts.
Mosquitoes salivate before ingesting blood, and sporozoites are transmitted during this phase of feeding. In the laboratory, malaria-infected Aedes aegypti were allowed to probe on a series of three chicks during a 5-min period. Probing on each host was interrupted after 10 s. Our results demonstrate that up to three hosts can be serially infected with avian malaria during a 5-min period.
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Department of Entomology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003.
Edman
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D000330:Aedes / Q000469:parasitology / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000469:parasitology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology / Q000502:physiology*; D008289:Malaria, Avian / Q000635:transmission*; D010964:Plasmodium gallinaceum / Q000502:physiology*