Vittor Amy Yomiko, Gilman Robert H, Tielsch James, Glass Gregory, Shields Tim, Lozano Wagner Sánchez, Pinedo-Cancino Viviana, Patz Jonathan A
School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006 Jan;74(1):3-11.
To examine the impact of tropical rain-forest destruction on malaria, we conducted a year-long study of the rates at which the primary malaria vector in the Amazon, Anopheles darlingi, fed on humans in areas with varying degrees of ecological alteration in the Peruvian Amazon. Mosquitoes were collected by human biting catches along the Iquitos-Nauta road at sites selected for type of vegetation and controlled for human presence. Deforested sites had an A. darlingi biting rate that was more than 278 times higher than the rate determined for areas that were predominantly forested. Our results indicate that A. darlingi displays significantly increased human-biting activity in areas that have undergone deforestation and development associated with road development.
为研究热带雨林破坏对疟疾的影响，我们在秘鲁亚马逊地区进行了为期一年的研究，调查了亚马逊地区主要疟疾传播媒介达林按蚊在不同程度生态变化区域叮咬人类的速率。通过人饵诱捕法在伊基托斯-瑙塔公路沿线采集蚊子，所选地点依据植被类型而定，并控制人类活动的影响。森林砍伐地区的达林按蚊叮咬率比主要为森林覆盖地区的叮咬率高出278倍以上。我们的研究结果表明，在经历森林砍伐和与道路建设相关的开发活动的地区，达林按蚊叮咬人类活动显著增加。
