Himeidan Y E, Elbashir M I, Adam I
Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Kassala, P. O. Box 71, New Halfa, Sudan.
Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2004 Sep;98(6):631-3. doi: 10.1179/000349804225021307.
The attractiveness of pregnant women for mosquitoes was investigated in a peri-urban site in New Halfa, eastern Sudan, in September-October 2003. For 20 nights, the mosquitoes feeding on nine pregnant and nine non-pregnant women sleeping under untreated bednets were collected. The women slept outdoors, in the yards of nine houses, each yard holding one pregnant and one non-pregnant woman. In general, each pregnant woman attracted significantly more Anopheles arabiensis (the main vector of Plasmodium falciparum in the area) than each non-pregnant women, with mean biting rates of 0.94 and 0.49 bites/woman-night, respectively (P = 0.005). In contrast, the two groups of women attracted similar numbers of the other mosquito species collected, which were all culicine. Impregnated bednets need to be used in the study area, at least by the pregnant women (who appear to be at particularly high risk of acquiring malaria).
2003年9月至10月，在苏丹东部新哈尔法的一个城郊地区，对孕妇对蚊子的吸引力进行了调查。在20个夜晚，收集了以9名孕妇和9名未怀孕女性为宿主、在未处理蚊帐下叮咬的蚊子。这些女性睡在户外，在9所房屋的院子里，每个院子里有一名孕妇和一名未怀孕女性。总体而言，每位孕妇吸引的阿拉伯按蚊（该地区恶性疟原虫的主要传播媒介）明显多于每位未怀孕女性，平均叮咬率分别为0.94次/女性·夜和0.49次/女性·夜（P = 0.005）。相比之下，两组女性吸引的其他收集到的蚊子种类数量相似，均为库蚊。在研究地区需要使用浸药蚊帐，至少孕妇（她们似乎感染疟疾的风险特别高）需要使用。
