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1 July 2012 Feeding Patterns of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Eastern Santa Catarina State, Brazil
Jeronimo Alencar, Júlia Dos Santos Silva, Luis Claudio Motta De Oliveira, Carlos Brisola Marcondes, Fernanda Morone, Elias Seixas Lorosa
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Blood-feeding sources of Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae) collected in the eastern region of the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina were analyzed by precipitin technique. One hundred fifty-four female mosquitoes collected by CDC traps in the Navegantes municipality 13–15 February 2005 reacted to one or more of eight antisera, including chicken, dog, goat, sheep, horse, opossum, human and rodent antisera. One hundred thirty-seven specimens (89%) reacted to only one source, and 17 (11%) specimens reacted to two sources. Among the 137 specimens reacting to only one source, reactions to rodent (50.4%), sheep (5.8%), chicken (5.1%), goat (5.1%), dog (2.2%), horse (3.6%), and human (3.6%) antisera were observed. The analyzed species demonstrated a high degree of opportunistic feeding behavior in relation to host preference. Results are compared with results from similar studies, and the low proportion of reactions to human antisera is discussed.

© 2012 Entomological Society of America
Jeronimo Alencar, Júlia Dos Santos Silva, Luis Claudio Motta De Oliveira, Carlos Brisola Marcondes, Fernanda Morone, and Elias Seixas Lorosa "Feeding Patterns of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Eastern Santa Catarina State, Brazil," Journal of Medical Entomology 49(4), 952-954, (1 July 2012). https://doi.org/10.1603/ME11270
Received: 2 December 2011; Accepted: 1 April 2012; Published: 1 July 2012
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KEYWORDS
Anthropophily
blood-feeding source
hematophagy
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