The ability of a few Afro-tropical Anopheles species to target humans as a source of blood and shelter, a feature generally defined as anthropophily, represents a key factor in the recent evolutionary success of these species and in their capacity to transmit malaria. Anthropophily presumably results from specific and coordinated behavioural repertoires, but these have been only superficially d...

In Madagascar we used odour-baited entry traps (OBETs) for host choice tests of wild female anopheline mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) at representative localities on the East and West sides of the island (villages Fenoarivo and Tsararano, respectively) and at the southern margin of the central plateau (Zazafotsy village, 800 m altitude). No insecticide house-spraying operations have been under...

this study was conducted to investigate hematophagic tendencies of the malaria vector based on a seasonal basis as well as by geographical region in a malaria endemic area in kahnouj, southern iran. this study was carried out for 14 months from apr/ 2002 up to the end of may 2003. female anophelines were collected from different shelters in hilly and plain regions of kahnouj district and their ...

In Southeast Asia the biodiversity of Anopheles species in the domestic environment is very high. Only few species are considered major vectors throughout the region, whereas the vector status of other species varies from area to area. Often it is difficult to identify an Anopheles species as a malaria vector in areas with low malaria incidence. The behaviour of Anopheles species largely determ...

Evarcha culicivora is an unusual salticid spider because it feeds indirectly on vertebrate blood by choosing blood-carrying mosquitoes as preferred prey. Its preferred mosquitoes are Anopheles, the genus to which all human malaria vectors belong. Here, we show that human odour, which is known to be salient to malaria vectors, is also salient to the adults and juveniles of E. culicivora. Test sp...

28 Malaria transmission is dependent on the propensity of Anopheles mosquitoes to bite 29 humans (anthropophily) instead of other dead end hosts. Recent increases in the usage 30 of Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets (LLINs) in Africa have been associated with 31 reductions in highly anthropophilic vectors such as Anopheles gambiae s.s., leaving 32 less anthropophilic species such as Anophel...

Anophelism without malaria has long been recognized. In large irrigation projects, such as that around Niono, Mali, villages in irrigated areas sometimes have more anopheline vectors of malaria than adjacent nonirrigated villages, but overall malaria prevalence is substantially less. One hypothesized explanation for this is high anopheline densities lead to smaller adults, who do not live so lo...

A study was done of the bionomics, insecticide susceptibility and irritability status of Anopheles culicifacies in Sistan va Baluchestan province. Sampling was performed to determine the following parameters: species identification, seasonal activity, adult and larval susceptibility tests, irritability tests, anthropophily index and sporozoite rate. An. culicfacies adults were susceptible to al...