Kelly R, Edman J D
Department of Entomology, University of Massachusetts 01003.
J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 1992 Dec;8(4):386-8.
Probing mosquitoes salivate before ingesting blood, and malaria sporozoites are transmitted during this phase of feeding. Large and small Aedes aegypti infected with Plasmodium gallinaceum were allowed to probe briefly on a series of 3 naive chicks. Large mosquitoes were more infective overall, but there was no difference in the ability of either size class to infect the first host. Large mosquitoes were more likely than small mosquitoes to infect more than one host during serial feeding.
在吸食血液之前，蚊子会进行探查，而疟原虫子孢子在这个取食阶段传播。将感染了鸡疟原虫的大小不同的埃及伊蚊短暂地放在一系列3只未感染的雏鸡上进行探查。总体而言，大型蚊子的传染性更强，但两种大小类型的蚊子感染第一只宿主的能力没有差异。在连续取食过程中，大型蚊子比小型蚊子更有可能感染不止一只宿主。
