期刊
MEDICAL AND VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGY
卷 34, 期 4, 页码 459-469出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/mve.12463
关键词
Vector control; feeding choices; host-selection patterns; nutritional status; dilution effect; allometry
资金
- International Development Research Center (Canada)
- Tropical Disease Research (UNICEF/PNUD/WB/WHO) [A70596]
- Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnica of Argentina [PICT-2011-2072, PICT-2015-2921]
- University of Buenos Aires
Domestic animals may affect human-vector contact and parasite transmission rates. We investigated the relationships between host-feeding choices, site-specific host availability, bug nutritional status, stage and abundance ofTriatoma infestansKlug (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) in rural houses of Pampa del Indio during spring. We identified the bloodmeal sources of 865 triatomines collected in 70 sites from four main ecotopes. The main sources in domiciles were human (65.9%), chicken (23.4%) and dog (22.4%); dog (64.4%, 35.3%) and chicken (33.1%, 75.4%) in kitchens and storerooms, respectively; and chicken (94.7%) in chicken coops. Using random-intercept logistic regression clustered by domicile, the fraction of human-fed triatomines strongly decreased with increasing proportions of chicken- and dog-fed bugs, dropping from 96.4% when no chicken or dog slept indoors at night to 59.4% when both did. The fraction of dog-fed bugs significantly decreased with increasing human and chicken blood indices, and marginally increased with an indoor-resting dog. Mixed blood meals occurred 3.62 times more often when a chicken or a dog slept indoors. Host blood source did not affect mean body weight adjusted for body length and bug stage. Indoor-resting chickens and dogs greatly modified human-bug contact rates, and may be targeted with long-lasting systemic insecticides to suppress infestation.
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