Volume 12, Number 3—March 2006
Research
Host Feeding Patterns of Culex Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus Transmission, Northeastern United States
Goudarz Molaei*
, Theodore G. Andreadis*, Philip M. Armstrong*, John F. Anderson*, and Charles R. Vossbrinck*
, Theodore G. Andreadis*, Philip M. Armstrong*, John F. Anderson*, and Charles R. Vossbrinck*
Table 5
Number and percentage of mammalian blood meals taken by Culex mosquitoes collected in Connecticut, 2002–2004
| Species | Culex pipiens* |
Cx. salinarius† |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % of mammal (n = 13) | % of total (n = 212) | No. | % of mammal (n = 64) | % of total (n = 111) | |
| White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) | 4 | 30.8 | 1.9 | 43 | 67.2 | 38.7 |
| Gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) | 3 | 23.1 | 1.4 | – | – | – |
| Northern raccoon (Procyon lotor) | 2 | 15.4 | 0.9 | 2 | 3.1 | 1.8 |
| Human (Homo sapiens) | 1 | 7.7 | 0.5 | 2 | 3.1 | 1.8 |
| Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) | 1 | 7.7 | 0.5 | 4 | 6.2 | 3.6 |
| Dog (Canis familiaris) | – | – | – | 4 | 6.2 | 3.6 |
| Cat (Felis catus) | 1 | 7.7 | 0.5 | 3 | 4.7 | 2.7 |
| Eastern cottontail (Sylvialagus floridanus) | 1 | 7.7 | 0.5 | 3 | 4.7 | 2.7 |
| Horse (Equus caballus) | – | – | – | 1 | 1.6 | 0.9 |
| Striped skunk (Memphitis memphitis) | – | – | – | 1 | 1.6 | 0.9 |
| Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) | – | – | – | 1 | 1.6 | 0.9 |
*Includes 8 specimens from which double-blood meals were also identified.
†Includes 11 specimens from which double-blood meals were also identified.
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