Animal influence on man-biting rates at a malarious site in Palawan, Philippines.
The effect of nearby animals on man-biting rates was tested under both outdoor and indoor conditions. Under outdoor conditions, fewer mosquitoes were found biting man when a carabao was nearby than when none were close. When collecting indoors, the opposite results were obtained. Therefore, placing a carabao near a house is disadvantageous. Sporozoite rates of Anopheles flavirostris were twice as high from man-biting collections as those caught from carabao. Placing carabao around a village but away from the house could play a significant role in reducing malaria transmission.
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U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 2, APO San Francisco, California 96528-5000.
D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000469:parasitology*; D016782:Apicomplexa / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002020:Buffaloes; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007300:Insect Control / Q000379:methods*; D008288:Malaria / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D010679:Philippines