TY - JOUR
T1 - Ecology of arboviruses in a Maryland freshwater swamp
T2 - II. Blood feeding patterns of potential mosquito vectors
AU - Leduc, J. W.
AU - Suyemoto, W.
AU - Eldridge, B. F.
AU - Saugstad, E. S.
PY - 1972/8
Y1 - 1972/8
N2 - LeDuc, J. W., W. Suyemoto, B. F. Eldridge and E. S. Saugstad (Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Wash., D.C. 20012). Ecology of arboviruses in a Maryland freshwater swamp. II. Blood feeding patterns of potential mosquito vectors. Am J Epidemiol 96: 123-128, 1972.-Blood engorged mosquito specimens from the Pocomoke Cypress Swamp, Maryland, were collected from May through November, 1969. Five mosquito species (Aedes atlanticus, Aedes canadensis, Culex salinarius, Culiseta melanura and Psorophora ferox) were examined by capillary type precipitin tests of engorged material and by comparisons of human biting collections and collections of mosquitoes attracted to caged animals. A. atlanticus and P. ferox had similar feeding patterns, both most frequently feeding on sylvatic mammals, while C. salinarius appeared to feed mostly on domestic mammals adjacent to the swamp. A. canadensis was an omnivorus feeder, while C. melanura fed almost exclusively on birds. The potential of these mosquitoes as vectors of arboviruses known to be present in the swamp is discussed.
AB - LeDuc, J. W., W. Suyemoto, B. F. Eldridge and E. S. Saugstad (Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Wash., D.C. 20012). Ecology of arboviruses in a Maryland freshwater swamp. II. Blood feeding patterns of potential mosquito vectors. Am J Epidemiol 96: 123-128, 1972.-Blood engorged mosquito specimens from the Pocomoke Cypress Swamp, Maryland, were collected from May through November, 1969. Five mosquito species (Aedes atlanticus, Aedes canadensis, Culex salinarius, Culiseta melanura and Psorophora ferox) were examined by capillary type precipitin tests of engorged material and by comparisons of human biting collections and collections of mosquitoes attracted to caged animals. A. atlanticus and P. ferox had similar feeding patterns, both most frequently feeding on sylvatic mammals, while C. salinarius appeared to feed mostly on domestic mammals adjacent to the swamp. A. canadensis was an omnivorus feeder, while C. melanura fed almost exclusively on birds. The potential of these mosquitoes as vectors of arboviruses known to be present in the swamp is discussed.
KW - Arbovirus
KW - Disease vectors
KW - Ecology
KW - Encephalitis, equine
KW - Mosquitoes
KW - Viruses
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U2 - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a121438
DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a121438
M3 - Article
C2 - 4403122
AN - SCOPUS:0015384046
SN - 0002-9262
VL - 96
SP - 123
EP - 128
JO - American journal of epidemiology
JF - American journal of epidemiology
IS - 2
ER -