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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Human blood type influences the host-seeking behavior and fecundity of the Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi
The nutritional requirements of mosquitoes include both sugar (generally derived from the nectar of flowers) and blood (humans or animals). Mosquitoes express different degrees of preferences towards hosts depending on behavioral, ecological, and physiological factors. These preferences have implica...
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author | Khan, Shahmshad Ahmed Kassim, Nur Faeza Abu Webb, Cameron Ewart Aqueel, Muhammad Anjum Ahmad, Saboor Malik, Sadia Hussain, Taimoor |
author_facet | Khan, Shahmshad Ahmed Kassim, Nur Faeza Abu Webb, Cameron Ewart Aqueel, Muhammad Anjum Ahmad, Saboor Malik, Sadia Hussain, Taimoor |
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description | The nutritional requirements of mosquitoes include both sugar (generally derived from the nectar of flowers) and blood (humans or animals). Mosquitoes express different degrees of preferences towards hosts depending on behavioral, ecological, and physiological factors. These preferences have implications for mosquito-borne disease risk. The present study is directed to reveal the effect of the human blood groups on the fecundity and fertility of the malaria vector Anopheles stephensi. In laboratory tests, mosquitoes were fed on ABO blood groups via artificial membrane feeders, and the level of attraction against different blood groups was tested by the electroantennogram and wind tunnel bioassay under control conditions. Results indicate that the female mosquitoes had a strong preference towards the blood group B, while in the case of females fed on O blood group had the highest digestibility rate. Overall, the human blood type had a significant impact on the fecundity and fertility of female An. stephensi. The highest numbers of eggs are laid, in the case of blood group B, (mean (± SD)) 216.3 (8.81) followed by the AB, 104.06 (7.67), and O, 98.01 (7.04). In the case of blood group B, females attain the highest fertility of about 92.1 (9.98). This study provides novel insight into the ABO blood type host choice of the mosquitoes that are still partially unknown and suggests encouraging personal protection for relevant individuals within communities at risk, which is a useful tool for preventing malaria where the An. stephensi is present as a dominant vector. |
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spelling | pubmed-86926232021-12-28 RETRACTED ARTICLE: Human blood type influences the host-seeking behavior and fecundity of the Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi Khan, Shahmshad Ahmed Kassim, Nur Faeza Abu Webb, Cameron Ewart Aqueel, Muhammad Anjum Ahmad, Saboor Malik, Sadia Hussain, Taimoor Sci Rep Article The nutritional requirements of mosquitoes include both sugar (generally derived from the nectar of flowers) and blood (humans or animals). Mosquitoes express different degrees of preferences towards hosts depending on behavioral, ecological, and physiological factors. These preferences have implications for mosquito-borne disease risk. The present study is directed to reveal the effect of the human blood groups on the fecundity and fertility of the malaria vector Anopheles stephensi. In laboratory tests, mosquitoes were fed on ABO blood groups via artificial membrane feeders, and the level of attraction against different blood groups was tested by the electroantennogram and wind tunnel bioassay under control conditions. Results indicate that the female mosquitoes had a strong preference towards the blood group B, while in the case of females fed on O blood group had the highest digestibility rate. Overall, the human blood type had a significant impact on the fecundity and fertility of female An. stephensi. The highest numbers of eggs are laid, in the case of blood group B, (mean (± SD)) 216.3 (8.81) followed by the AB, 104.06 (7.67), and O, 98.01 (7.04). In the case of blood group B, females attain the highest fertility of about 92.1 (9.98). This study provides novel insight into the ABO blood type host choice of the mosquitoes that are still partially unknown and suggests encouraging personal protection for relevant individuals within communities at risk, which is a useful tool for preventing malaria where the An. stephensi is present as a dominant vector. Nature Publishing Group UK 2021-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8692623/ /pubmed/34934127 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03765-z Text en © The Author(s) 2021, corrected publication 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Khan, Shahmshad Ahmed Kassim, Nur Faeza Abu Webb, Cameron Ewart Aqueel, Muhammad Anjum Ahmad, Saboor Malik, Sadia Hussain, Taimoor RETRACTED ARTICLE: Human blood type influences the host-seeking behavior and fecundity of the Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi |
title | RETRACTED ARTICLE: Human blood type influences the host-seeking behavior and fecundity of the Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi |
title_full | RETRACTED ARTICLE: Human blood type influences the host-seeking behavior and fecundity of the Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi |
title_fullStr | RETRACTED ARTICLE: Human blood type influences the host-seeking behavior and fecundity of the Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi |
title_full_unstemmed | RETRACTED ARTICLE: Human blood type influences the host-seeking behavior and fecundity of the Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi |
title_short | RETRACTED ARTICLE: Human blood type influences the host-seeking behavior and fecundity of the Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi |
title_sort | retracted article: human blood type influences the host-seeking behavior and fecundity of the asian malaria vector anopheles stephensi |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8692623/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34934127 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03765-z |
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