Quantifying seasonal and diel variation in Anopheline and Culex human biting rates in Southern Ecuador

Quantifying seasonal and diel variation in Anopheline and Culex human biting rates in Southern Ecuador

Abstract Background Quantifying mosquito biting rates for specific locations enables estimation of mosquito-borne disease risk, and can inform intervention efforts. Measuring biting itself is fraught with ethical concerns, so the landing rate of mosquitoes on humans is often used as a proxy measure....

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Main Authors: Sadie J. Ryan, Catherine A. Lippi, Philipp H. Boersch-Supan, Naveed Heydari, Mercy Silva, Jefferson Adrian, Leonardo F. Noblecilla, Efraín B. Ayala, Mayling D. Encalada, David A. Larsen, Jesse T. Krisher, Lyndsay Krisher, Lauren Fregosi, Anna M. Stewart-Ibarra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Anopheles albimanus
Anopheles punctimacula
Bite rate
Ecuador
Malaria
Culex
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-017-2121-4

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