Multiple host feeding in field populations of Anopheles culicifacies and An. subpictus in Sri Lanka

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 124-131

  Amerasinghe, P H ^a   Amerasinghe, F P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

An.subpictus; Anopheles culicifacies; Bloodmeals; Frequent feeding strategy; Global warming; Gonotrophic discordance; Histology; Host defense reactions; Mixed bloodmeals; Mosquito abundance; Multiple feeding; Sri Lanka; Temperature; Vectorial capacity

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; WATER;

DISEASE VECTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INGESTION RATE; MOSQUITO;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; OVARY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SRI LANKA; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CARBOHYDRATES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; OVARY; SRI LANKA; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 0033133744     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1999.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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