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A spatial ecology study in a high-diversity host community to understand blood-feeding behaviour in Phlebotomus sandfly vectors of Leishmania

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dc.contributor.authorPérez Cutillas, P.
dc.contributor.authorMuñoz, C.
dc.contributor.authorMartínez de la Puente, J.
dc.contributor.authorFiguerola, J.
dc.contributor.authorNavarro, R.
dc.contributor.authorOrtuño, M.
dc.contributor.authorBernal, L. J.
dc.contributor.authorOrtiz Sánchez, J.
dc.contributor.authorSoriguer, R. C.
dc.contributor.authorBerriatua, E.
dc.contributor.departmentSanidad Animal
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-18T12:42:46Z
dc.date.available2024-12-18T12:42:46Z
dc.date.issued2020-01-13
dc.description© 2020 The Royal Entomological Society. This document is the Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Medical and Veterinary Entomology. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12427
dc.description.abstractMolecular studies indicate that Phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) blood feed on many vertebrate species, of which only a few are proven parasite reservoirs. Investigating sandfly vector feeding preferences is therefore important and requires taking into account the availability and accessibility of host species. In terms of the latter, it is necessary to consider the metabolic cost to the insect of reaching the host and moving on to a suitable breeding site. The present study used statistical modelling to compare the feeding patterns of Phlebotomus perniciosus (n = 150), Phlebotomus papatasi (n = 35) and Phlebotomus ariasi (n = 7) on each of an average of 30 host species in a wildlife park in Murcia, Spain. Sandfly feeding movement costs were estimated as a function of the distance and altitude gradients saved by the insect, assuming that they displayed ‘site fidelity’. Most (87%) engorged females were caught <100 m from the host on which they had fed. Although the percentage of bloodmeals was highest on fallow deer (Dama dama) (30%) and red deer (Cervus elaphus) (26%), the predicted feeding probability after considering movement cost was highest for red deer and common eland (Taurotragus oryx), and positively associated with host census. These results suggest that, under similar circumstances, sandflies prefer to feed on some host species more than on others.es
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12427
dc.identifier.eisbnMedical and Veterinary Entomology, 2020, Vol. 34, Issue 2, pp. 164-174es
dc.identifier.issnPrint: 0269-283X
dc.identifier.issnElectronic: 1365-2915
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10201/147660
dc.languageenges
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relationThis study was partly funded by the Spanish Ministerios de Ciencia e Innovación (ref: AGL2013-46981-R) and the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) (ref: CGL2015-65055-P). CM and MO are recipients of Formación de Profesorado Universitario grants from the University of Murcia. JMP was partially supported by a 2017 Leonardo Grant for Researchers and Cultural Creators from the Fundación BBVA.es
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mve.12427
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccesses
dc.subjectPhlebotomuses
dc.subjectFamiliar area mapes
dc.subjectFeeding preferenceses
dc.subjectLeast-cost movementes
dc.subjectSite fidelityes
dc.titleA spatial ecology study in a high-diversity host community to understand blood-feeding behaviour in Phlebotomus sandfly vectors of Leishmaniaes
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