Coexistence and food sources of adult mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in a rural health center in Piura, Peru 2024.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Motivation for the study. Rural health facilities could be potential foci of transmission and scenarios of zoonosis during epidemic outbreaks of dengue and other arbovirosis due to the coexistence of mosquito species that feed on different vertebrates.

Background

Main findings. Aedes aegypti feeds on Homo sapiens sapiens. Culex quinquefasciatus feeds on Homo sapiens sapiens and Canis familiaris. Both coexist in health care areas of the Querecotillo health center.

Background

Implications. Molecular techniques should be integrated into vector control to understand feeding patterns in natural conditions and information on probable reservoirs.

Background

This study aimed to determine the coexistence and food sources of adult mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicida

SUBMITTER: Ruiz Polo AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11495935 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature