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- Title
Spatio-temporal analysis of host preferences and feeding patterns of malaria vectors in the sylvopastoral area of Senegal: impact of landscape classes.
- Authors
Ngom, El Hadji Malick; Ndione, Jacques-André; Ba, Yamar; Konaté, Lassana; Faye, Ousmane; Diallo, Mawlouth; Dia, Ibrahima
- Abstract
Background The study of vector feeding behaviour is an important step in the understanding of the epidemiology of vector borne diseases. The main objective of this work was to study the spatio-temporal host preferences and blood-feeding patterns of malaria vectors in a pastoral area of Senegal where cattle breeding is the main human activity. Methods Malaria vectors were collected indoors by pyrethrum spray catch in 16 villages belonging to 4 different landscape classes (wooded savanna, shrubby savanna, bare soils and steppe). Blood meals sources were determined using a direct enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results The blood meal origins of 1886 freshly fed An. gambiae s.l. were determined. Among these blood meals, most were taken on a single host: 40.1% on human and 37.1% on animal. The range in proportions of blood meals taken from human were 25-62.4% in wooded savanna villages, 23.5-61.9% in shrubby savanna villages, 31.3-70% in bare soils villages and 57.7- 68.7 in steppe villages. Blood meals taken from bovines were very heterogeneous with two clusters localized in the Northeast and Southwest axis of the study area that corresponds to the distribution of the main water ponds. Patent mixed blood meals taken from human and non-human were significantly higher than those taken from two animals, the highest proportions being observed in September (shrubby savanna, bare soils and steppe villages) or October (wooded savanna villages). Conclusions These observations suggest that in this pastoral area, differences in feeding patterns of malaria vectors are merely linked to the specific localization of villages and are not influenced by landscape class distribution. In addition, the temporal variations in the anthropophilic rates are influenced by the presence of standing water in the study area.
- Subjects
SENEGAL; HOSTS (Biology); SPATIO-temporal variation; MALARIA; PYRETHRUM (Insecticide)
- Publication
Parasites & Vectors, 2013, Vol 6, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1756-3305
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1756-3305-6-332