Influence of Blood Meal Type on Reproductive Performance of the Malaria Vector, Anopheles gambiae s.s. (Diptera: Culicidae)

Olayemi, Israel Kayode; Ande, A. T.; Danlami, G.; Abdullahi, Umar Yahaya

doi:10.3923/je.2011.459.467

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“…theileri populations. These Þndings agree with previous reports that show a strong positive correlation between a bloodmeal source and mosquito reproductive output especially fecundity (Clements 1992, Islam and Ferdousi 1999, Richards et al 2010, Oleyemi et al 2011. Fecundity, pupation rate, and maturation ratio in mosquitoes that took a single chicken bloodmeal or a double or mixed bloodmeals were higher than in females fed on a single cow or single human blood.…”

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Influence of Bloodmeal Source on Reproductive Output of the Potential West Nile Vector, <I>Culex theileri</I> (Diptera: Culicidae)

2014

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Culex theileri Theobald (Diptera: Culicidae) has a wide Afrotropical, southern Palaearctic, northern Oriental, and European distribution. It is mainly considered as a mammophilic mosquito and also feeds on birds and serves as a vector for various zoonotic diseases including West Nile virus. Despite its broad distribution and evidence indicating that Cx. theileri is a competent vector of human and domestic animal pathogens, basic biological and ecological features of this species have not been well investigated. We evaluated the impact of bloodmeal source (human, chicken, cow, and a double bloodmeal such as human and cow or chicken and cow and mixed bloodmeals [cow, chicken, and human] via artiÞcial feeding) on fecundity, hatching rates, developmental times, and viability from egg to adult for laboratory colonized Cx. theileri. Fecundity in mosquitoes that took a chicken bloodmeal, a double bloodmeal and mixed bloodmeals was signiÞcantly higher than in females fed on a single cow or single human blood. This is the Þrst study about the bloodmeal sources effect on laboratory-reared Cx. theileri populations and these Þndings contribute to our understanding of the impact of bloodmeal source on reproduction in Cx. theileri. As it is known that Cx. theileri is a vector for West Nile virus, the potential impacts of bloodmeal source on virus transmission are discussed.

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Influence of Bloodmeal Source on Reproductive Output of the Potential West Nile Vector, <I>Culex theileri</I> (Diptera: Culicidae)

2014

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“…The present results showed that different blood meal sources induced variations in feeding, fecundity and fertility rates of tested mosquito species. In general, mosquitoes fed on human blood exhibited higher feeding, fecundity and fertility rates than those fed on either type of blood sources tested and this may reflect the superiority of human blood in mosquito oogenesis (Olayemi et al, 2011). The variation in mosquito fecundity attributed to genetic differences in mosquito populations (Richards et al, 2012), mosquito species (Briegel, 1990), host (Taylor and Hurd, 2001), size of the blood meal (Roitberg and Gordon, 2005) and amino acids from erythrocytes (Hurd, 2003).…”

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“…Egg development is initiated by blood feeding in anautogenous mosquitoes (those that require a blood meal before producing eggs) (Hurd et al, 1995). Ecology, climate and behavior are factors affecting the vectorial capacity of mosquito (Olayemi et al, 2011), as well as the blood source which is pivotal to female mosquitoes in order to acquire amino acids from erythrocytes and plasma protein digestion to synthesize yolk proteins for egg production (Hurd, 2003;Roitberg and Gordon, 2005). Although little is known about how different blood sources affect the life table characteristics of mosquitoes (Richards et al, 2012), Barlow, (1955), Colless and Chellapah, (1960) reported that, the fecundity (actual number of eggs laid) of Aedes hexodontus and Ae.…”

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Feeding Rate and Reproductive Performance of Three Mosquito Species as Influenced by Different Blood Meal Sources

Shehata

2018

Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology

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The present study evaluated the effect of different blood meal sources (human volunteer, pigeon, guinea pig and Egyptian mastigure) on feeding rate and reproductive performance of laboratory colonized Culex pipiens L., Anopheles sergentii Theobald and Culex antennatus Becker mosquitoes during two sequential gonotrophic cycles. The obtained results showed that, mosquitoes tested exhibited a special feeding rate to human blood, as the mosquitoes fed on human blood exhibited higher feeding, fecundity and fertility rates than those fed on either type of blood sources. Concerning with feeding rates, the highest percentages of engorged females during a first blood meal (82.3, 88.1 and 86.3) were recorded when Cx. pipiens, An. sergentii and Cx. antennatus females fed on the pigeon and human hosts. Meanwhile, the highest percentages of engorged females during second blood meal (88.4, 93.5 and 92.7) occurred when Cx. pipiens, An. sergentii and Cx. antennatus females fed on the human host, respectively. Also, fecundity and fertility rates of mosquitos fed on different hosts were varied between gonotrophic cycles, as at the first gonotrophic cycle fecundity and fertility of tested mosquitoes were greater than those at the second gonotrophic cycle. In addition, feeding on human blood recorded higher fecundity and fertility rates in tested mosquito species as compared with feeding on other hosts.

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“…In the case of mosquito species, making a choice among the different available foods requires a fine-tuning of the nasal system and strong integration of the decision-making machinery. The availability of diverse nature of blood-feeding hosts not only makes the decision-making process more complex but also has an impact on mosquito survival, fitness, and fecundity [59].…”

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Neuro-Olfactory Regulation and Salivary Actions: A Coordinated Event for Successful Blood-Feeding Behavior of Mosquitoes

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Dixit²

2020

Dysfunction of Olfactory System [Working Title]

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The synergistic actions of the nongenetic and genetic factors are crucial to shape mosquitoes' feeding behavior. Unlike males, adult female mosquitoes are evolved with unique ability to take blood meals from a vertebrate host for reproductive success which eventually makes them a potential vector. Processing and integration of chemical information in the neuro-olfactory system followed by salivary actions facilitate blood meal uptake process. Thus, deciphering the underlying molecular mechanism of odor sensing through the detection machinery (olfactory system), odor processing and decision-making by decision machinery (brain), and regulation of saliva secretion by the action machinery (salivary gland) is likely to reveal molecular pathways which can be targeted to disrupt mosquitoes' feeding behavior. Here we summarize how smart actions of highly specialized neurosensory systems guide and manage feeding behavior associated complex events of (i) successful navigation to find a suitable host, (ii) making food choice decisions, and (iii) regulation of the salivary gland actions in mosquitoes.

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Influence of Blood Meal Type on Reproductive Performance of the Malaria Vector, Anopheles gambiae s.s. (Diptera: Culicidae)

Cited by 19 publications

References 15 publications

Influence of Bloodmeal Source on Reproductive Output of the Potential West Nile Vector, <I>Culex theileri</I> (Diptera: Culicidae)

Influence of Bloodmeal Source on Reproductive Output of the Potential West Nile Vector, <I>Culex theileri</I> (Diptera: Culicidae)

Feeding Rate and Reproductive Performance of Three Mosquito Species as Influenced by Different Blood Meal Sources

Neuro-Olfactory Regulation and Salivary Actions: A Coordinated Event for Successful Blood-Feeding Behavior of Mosquitoes

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