Intensive trapping of blood-fed Anopheles darlingi in Amazonian Peru reveals unexpectedly high proportions of avian blood-meals.

• Main Authors: Marta Moreno (Author), Marlon P Saavedra (Author), Sara A Bickersmith (Author), Catharine Prussing (Author), Adrian Michalski (Author), Carlos Tong Rios (Author), Joseph M Vinetz (Author), Jan E Conn (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Anopheles darlingi, the main malaria vector in the Neotropics, has been considered to be highly anthropophilic. However, many behavioral aspects of this species remain unknown, such as the range of blood-meal sources. Barrier screens were used to collect resting Anopheles darlingi mosquitoes from 20...