Rawlings P, Curtis C F
Bull World Health Organ. 1982;60(3):427-32.
Experiments were carried out in Sri Lanka on the malaria vector Anopheles culicifacies using the mark-release-recapture technique. Collections were made in cattle-baited huts fitted with exit traps, and in nightbiting catches on human subjects. The same individual mosquitos were caught biting cattle and man on different occasions and the numbers caught demonstrated an overall preference for the cattle. The mean interval between successive blood meals in the field was estimated to be 2.3 days.Following blood-feeding on a cow in a hut, A. culicifacies were found to rest in the hut for 1 or 2 days, whereas A. subpictus and A. varuna generally exited on the night of feeding or on the following night. The same individual A. culicifacies were recorded resting in a hut for 1 or 2 days on different occasions. The apparent absence of genetic variability in host choice or indoor resting behaviour is considered encouraging for the prospects of control of malaria transmitted by A. culicifacies.
在斯里兰卡，利用标记释放再捕获技术对疟疾传播媒介库氏按蚊进行了实验。在装有出口诱捕器的牛诱饵棚屋以及对人体进行夜间叮咬捕获时进行了采集。同一批蚊子在不同时间叮咬牛和人时被捕获，捕获数量表明总体上更倾向于叮咬牛。据估计，野外连续两次吸血之间的平均间隔为2.3天。在棚屋中从牛身上吸血后，发现库氏按蚊会在棚屋中休息1至2天，而伪威氏按蚊和瓦氏按蚊通常在吸血当晚或次日夜间离开。同一批库氏按蚊在不同时间被记录在棚屋中休息1至2天。宿主选择或室内栖息行为方面明显缺乏遗传变异性，这对于控制由库氏按蚊传播的疟疾的前景而言是令人鼓舞的。
