Identification of Blood Meals from Potential Arbovirus Mosquito Vectors in the Peruvian Amazon Basin

Flores-Mendoza, Carmen; Halsey, Eric-S.; Aguilar, Patricia-V.; Huayanay, Anibal; Lescano Guevara, Andres Guillermo; Guevara, Carolina; Sanchez, Juan-F.; Palermo, Pedro-M.; Zorrilla, Victor

dc.contributor.author	Palermo, Pedro-M.
dc.contributor.author	Aguilar, Patricia-V.
dc.contributor.author	Sanchez, Juan-F.
dc.contributor.author	Zorrilla, Victor
dc.contributor.author	Flores-Mendoza, Carmen
dc.contributor.author	Huayanay, Anibal
dc.contributor.author	Guevara, Carolina
dc.contributor.author	Lescano Guevara, Andres Guillermo
dc.contributor.author	Halsey, Eric-S.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-02-06T14:45:56Z
dc.date.available	2019-02-06T14:45:56Z
dc.date.issued	2016
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/5133
dc.description.abstract	The transmission dynamics of many arboviruses in the Amazon Basin region have not been fully elucidated, including the vectors and natural reservoir hosts. Identification of blood meal sources in field-caught mosquitoes could yield information for identifying potential arbovirus vertebrate hosts. We identified blood meal sources in 131 mosquitoes collected from areas endemic for arboviruses in the Peruvian Department of Loreto by sequencing polymerase chain reaction amplicons of the cytochrome b gene. Psorophora (Janthinosoma) albigenu, Psorophora (Grabhamia) cingulata, Mansonia humeralis, Anopheles oswaldoi s.l., and Anopheles benarrochi s.l. had mainly anthropophilic feeding preferences; Aedes (Ochlerotatus) serratus, and Aedes (Ochlerotatus) fulvus had feeding preferences for peridomestic animals; and Culex (Melanoconion) spp. fed on a variety of vertebrates, mainly rodents (spiny rats), birds, and amphibians. On the basis of these feeding preferences, many mosquitoes could be considered as potential enzootic and bridge arbovirus vectors in the Amazon Basin of Peru.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
dc.relation.ispartofseries	American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH Journal)
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject	Feeding Behavior	en_US
dc.subject	Host-Pathogen Interactions	en_US
dc.subject	Aedes/virology	en_US
dc.subject	Amphibians/blood/parasitology/virology	en_US
dc.subject	Animals	en_US
dc.subject	Anopheles/virology	en_US
dc.subject	Arboviruses/isolation & purification	en_US
dc.subject	Birds/blood/parasitology/virology	en_US
dc.subject	Culex/virology	en_US
dc.subject	Cytochromes b/genetics/metabolism	en_US
dc.subject	Mosquito Vectors/virology	en_US
dc.subject	Peru	en_US
dc.subject	Rats	en_US
dc.subject	Rodentia/blood/parasitology/virology	en_US
dc.title	Identification of Blood Meals from Potential Arbovirus Mosquito Vectors in the Peruvian Amazon Basin	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.16-0167
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.06
dc.relation.issn	1476-1645