Theses and Dissertations

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Outlaw, Diana

Committee Member

Varela-Stokes, Andrea

Committee Member

Barton, Brandon

Committee Member

Goddard, Jerome

Date of Degree

5-3-2019

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Biological Sciences

Degree Name

Master of Science

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Department of Biological Sciences

Abstract

Mosquitoes (Culicidae) transmit several parasites and pathogens including the causative agent of malaria, haemosporidians (Haemosporida). Transmission of these agents to and from the mosquito occurs during the collection of a blood meal. Because of this, it is imperative to gather data on current feeding patterns of mosquitoes. Prior to this study there were no published data on current feeding patterns of mosquitoes in Mississippi. Mosquitoes were captured with CDC light traps at eleven sites in two collection years. Engorged females were analyzed for blood meal content, and the vertebrate host was identified to species level in 72 mosquitoes. Previously published haemosporidian data were gathered to compare potential transmission of haemosporidians to and from the vertebrate and mosquito hosts identified in this study.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/21064

Comments

haemosporidians||mosquitoes||blood meals

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