Only incandescent light significantly decreases feeding of Anopheles funestus s.s. (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes under laboratory conditions.

ABSTRACT: Recent work has demonstrated that exposure to artificial light at night (ALAN) may alter mosquito feeding behavior and so must be considered a moderator of vector-borne disease transfer. Anopheles funestus mosquitoes are a primary malaria vector in sub-Saharan Africa, but no study to date has tested the impact of ALAN on their feeding behavior. Here we test if the exposure to commonly used household lights (compact fluorescent lights, light-emitting diodes, and incandescent lights) alters Anopheles funestus feeding. Mated, unfed female mosquitoes were exposed to a light treatment, at the onset of darkness, followed by a blood-feeding assay. The light treatments consisted of a 30-min light pulse of one of the three household lights, each in individual experimental containers, versus control

SUBMITTER: van Zyl L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11489244 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature