Moore J
Biology Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523.
J Parasitol. 1993 Feb;79(1):1-16.
Biting fly behavior involved in parasite transmission is reviewed. Except for the areas of activity and probing, few investigations have addressed ways in which parasites might alter vector behavior. Given the manner in which parasites alter behavior in other arthropods (e.g., habitat choice, color preference), it is reasonable to expect infected hematophagous flies to behave differently from uninfected conspecifics. This could have important epidemiological consequences.
本文综述了参与寄生虫传播的叮咬蝇类行为。除了活动和探测区域外，很少有研究探讨寄生虫改变媒介行为的方式。鉴于寄生虫在其他节肢动物中改变行为的方式（如栖息地选择、颜色偏好），有理由预期受感染的吸血蝇类与未受感染的同种个体行为不同。这可能会产生重要的流行病学后果。
