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ArticleJournal of medical entomology2026

Host preference and resting behavior of Anopheles coluzzii (Diptera: Culicidae) on the island of São Tomé, West Africa.

Gustavo Rocha, Maria Júlia M Corrêa, Janete Marbel, João Viegas, Melina Campos, Marc Crepeau, Claire M Egan, Anthony J Cornel, Carla A Sousa, Gregory C Lanzaro and 1 more

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11 authors.

Gustavo RochaVector Genetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7977-8541
Maria Júlia M CorrêaVector Genetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
Janete MarbelVector Genetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
João ViegasPrograma Nacional de Eliminação do Paludismo, Centro Nacional de Endemias, São Tomé, São Tomé e Príncipe.ORCID 0009-0008-7584-7384
Melina CamposVector Genetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
Marc CrepeauVector Genetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
Claire M EganVector Genetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-8960-2790
Anthony J CornelVector Genetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2735-8232
Carla A SousaGlobal Health and Tropical Medicine, LA-REAL, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Gregory C LanzaroVector Genetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1190-9810
João PintoVector Genetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.

Funding

Coefficient Giving A22-2768-001University of California Malaria Initiative
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Host preference and resting behavior of Anopheles coluzzii Coetzee & Wilkerson, 2013 were investigated on São Tomé and Príncipe Islands following implementation of an intensive malaria vector control program. Blood meals from indoor- and outdoor-resting females collected in 2021-2024 were identified using established PCR assays targeting mammalian- and avian-specific polymorphisms in the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. In São Tomé, a total of 2,211 resting mosquitoes were collected, 90% of which were sampled outdoors. An overall human blood index (HBI) of 4% was obtained from 1,227 females analyzed. Most nonhuman blood meals were from pigs (40%) and dogs (50%). Príncipe Island exhibited an HBI of 79%, but only 17 female mosquitoes were sampled, 77% of which indoors. These findings highlight behavioral adaptations in An. coluzzii populations, toward zoophily and exophily, that may reduce the effectiveness of indoor-based vector control measures and therefore underscore the importance of novel strategies targeting outdoor-resting mosquitoes.

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AnophelesHost SpecificityMosquito VectorsAnimalsFeeding BehaviorFemaleHumansanthropophilyendophilyexophilymalariazoophily

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PMID41812224
PMCPMC13016984

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