title: Feeding behavior patterns of anophelines from Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat states of India.
abstract: Identification of host blood meals collected on filter paper in the field from fully fed female anophelines was carried out by a microdot-ELISA; field-caught mosquito species were simultaneously identified. The results indicate that the percentages of mixed feeds, i.e., mosquitoes feeding both on human and cattle hosts to complete a blood meal, was only 3-4%. Human and mixed feeds together accounted for nearly 10% of bloodmeals. Mosquitoes collected from human dwellings did not show a higher percentage of human feeding than cattle feeding. The human blood index was found to be related to the proportion of human and cattle population in an area.
authors.affiliation: Malaria Research Centre, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ansari
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles; D002417:Cattle / Q000469:parasitology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D012621:Seasons