Blood feeding is a fundamental mosquito behavior with consequences for pathogen
transmission and control. Feeding behavior can be studied through two lenses–patterns and …

Mosquitoes and sandflies exhibit a wide range of blood feeding patterns, targeting a wide
range of vertebrate species, including birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians, for proteins …

Abstract Papua New Guinea (PNG) has the highest malaria transmission outside of Africa.
Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are believed to have helped to reduce average …

Background The Madagascar National Strategic Plan for Malaria Control 2018 (NSP)
outlines malaria control pre-elimination strategies that include detailed goals for mosquito …

Background Despite substantial reductions in malaria burden and improvement in case
management, malaria remains a major public health challenge in the Asia-Pacific region …

Background Outdoor, early-biting, zoophagic behaviours by Anopheles farauti (ss.) can
compromise the effectiveness of bed nets for malaria control. In the Western Pacific region …

Nonrandom selection and multiple blood feeding of human hosts by Anopheles mosquitoes
may exacerbate malaria transmission. Both patterns of blood feeding and their relationship …

Background A malaria control programme based on distribution of long-lasting insecticidal
bed nets (LLINs) and artemisinin combination therapy began in Papua New Guinea in 2009 …

Background Insecticide resistance (IR) monitoring is essential for evidence-based control of
mosquito-borne diseases. While widespread pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles and Aedes …

Background Determination of blood-meal hosts in blood-fed female Anopheles mosquitoes
is important for evaluating vectorial capacity of vector populations and assessing …