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19269900

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-3-25
pubmed:abstractText
Insects exhibit diverse resource-exploitation strategies, including predation, herbivory and parasitism. The ecological and evolutionary factors that influence the resource selection of some insects (e.g. herbivores) have been extensively investigated because of their agricultural importance. By contrast, there has been little investigation of the selective forces that mediate host choice in haematophagous insects, despite their importance as vectors of disease. Here, we review potential determinants of host species choice in mosquitoes, the most important insect vectors of human disease, and discuss whether these could be manipulated to yield new disease-control strategies based on vector behavioural change.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1471-4922
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
189-96
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Ecological and evolutionary determinants of host species choice in mosquito vectors.
pubmed:affiliation
Public Health Entomology Unit, Ifakara Health Institute, Off Mlabani Passage, PO Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania. ilyimo@ihi.or.tz
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't