Host‐seeking behavior and fecundity of the female Aedes aegypti to human blood types

• Published in: Pest management science Vol. 78; no. 1; pp. 321 - 328
• Main Authors: Khan, Shahmshad Ahmed, Ombugadu, Akwashiki, Ahmad, Saboor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.01.2022; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: ABO system; Aedes; Aedes aegypti; Animals; Bioassays; Blood Group Antigens; Blood group B; Blood group O; Blood groups; Controlled conditions; Culicidae; Dengue fever; Digestibility; digestibility rate; Disease transmission; Fecundity; Feeders; Feeding Behavior; feeding rate; Feeding rates; Female; Females; Fertility; Health risks; Host searching behavior; Host-Seeking Behavior; host‐seeking; Humans; Laboratory tests; Mosquitoes; olfactory cues; Olfactory stimuli; Physiological effects; Physiological factors; Preferences; Vector-borne diseases; Viruses; wind tunnel; Wind tunnels; digestibility rate; blood groups; host-seeking; feeding rate; wind tunnel; Aedes aegypti; olfactory cues; fecundity

BACKGROUND Mosquitoes express different degrees of preference towards hosts depending on behavioral, ecological, and physiological factors. These preferences have implications for mosquito‐borne disease risk. This study investigated the effect of human blood groups on the behavior and fecundity of t...