Linked Life Data

21936328

Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/id/21936328

Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-9-22
pubmed:abstractText
Host-feeding patterns play a key role in the transmission of vector-borne diseases such as West Nile fever, which involves two kinds of vertebrates, birds and mammals. In this study, we propose a theoretical formulation for mosquito host-feeding patterns using three quantities, as follows: the apparent attractiveness/contact probabilities, the conditional host(-feeding) preferences, and the enzootic versus bridge probabilities. Using results from host-baited trap collections, the quantities defined above were assessed for the most abundant mosquito species in the main West Nile virus focus of southern France. We found that host availability is important in determining the efficiency of bridge vectors, and that even ornithophilic mosquitoes like Culex species, classically classified as enzootic vectors, may turn out to be efficient bridge vectors in certain contexts of host abundance. Our developed theoretical framework can easily be adapted and applied to other experimental data and other vector-borne diseases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-2585
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1076-90
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Theoretical formulation for mosquito host-feeding patterns: application to a West Nile virus focus of southern France.
pubmed:affiliation
CIRAD, Unité Mixte e Recherche Contrôle des Maladies, Montpellier, F-34398 France. t.balenghien@vet-lyon.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't