The W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205-2179, USA.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2011 Aug;11(8):1173-9. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0082. Epub 2010 Dec 13.
Anopheles coustani s.l. and Anopheles squamosus are sub-Saharan mosquito species that have been implicated in malaria transmission. Although generally believed to be of negligible importance due to their overwhelmingly zoophilic behavior, An. coustani s.l. and An. squamosus made up a large proportion of the anophelines collected by human landing catches during the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 rainy seasons in Macha, Zambia. Further, polymerase chain reaction-based blood meal identification showed that the majority of blood meals from these mosquito species caught in human-baited Centers for Disease Control light traps were from human hosts. Although no An. coustani s.l. or An. squamosus were found to be positive for Plasmodium, the demonstrated anthropophilic tendencies of these mosquitoes in southern Zambia suggest their potential as secondary malaria vectors.
库蚊复合体和尖音库蚊是撒哈拉以南的蚊子物种，它们被认为与疟疾传播有关。尽管由于其强烈的嗜血性行为，人们普遍认为它们的重要性可以忽略不计，但在 2007-2008 年和 2008-2009 年赞比亚马查的雨季，人类诱捕时收集的按蚊中，库蚊复合体和尖音库蚊占了很大比例。此外，基于聚合酶链反应的血液鉴定表明，从这些在人类诱饵的疾病控制中心诱捕器中捕获的蚊子获得的大多数血液来自人类宿主。虽然没有发现库蚊复合体或尖音库蚊感染疟原虫，但这些蚊子在赞比亚南部表现出的嗜人倾向表明它们有成为次要疟疾传播媒介的潜力。
