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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
Volume 107, Issue 1, Pages 208-210Publisher
AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0309
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- National Institutes of Health [RO1 AI102918]
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This study examined the activity of Aedes aegypti in seeking human blood at night. The results showed that Aedes aegypti is mainly active during twilight and daytime, with more mosquitoes collected during twilight compared to night hours. This indicates that extending the activity time into the night increases the chances of Aedes aegypti contacting humans and transmitting diseases.
This study examined whether Aedes aegypti extends its human blood seeking activity into night hours. Human landing catches (HLC) were conducted hourly from early morning (04:30) to late evening (21:30) in urban and rural sites in Kisumu County in western Kenya, and in Kwale County at the coast. Out of 842 female Ae. aegypti mosquitoes, 71 (8.5%) were collected at night (nocturnal), 151 (17.9%) at twilight (crepuscular), and 620 (73.6%) during the day (diur-nal). Three-fold and significantly more Ae. aegypti female mosquitoes were collected during the twilight (crepuscular) hours than night (nocturnal) hours. Significantly more Ae. aegypti female mosquitoes were collected during daytime (diur-nal) than night time (nocturnal). In general, the number of mosquitoes collected reduced as darkness increased. Extended time into the night to seek for blood meals enhances chances for Ae. aegypti to contact humans and transmit arboviruses diseases.
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