01617nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260003200042653001800074653001400092653001500106100001800121700002000139700002300159245007600182856006300258300001300321490000600334520105700340022001401397       2015                            d  aMadurai (Tamil Nadu, India)10aTransmissions10aMosquitos10aInfections1 aParamasivan R1 aPhilip Samuel P1 aSelvaraj Pandian R00aBiting rhythm of vector mosquitoes in a rural ecosystem of south India.  uhttp://www.dipterajournal.com/vol2issue3/pdf/2-2-51.1.pdf   a106 -1130 v23 a<p><strong>Editor's Abstract: </strong></p>

<p>Mosquitoes transmit a variety of pathogens to man and understanding its biting periodicity helps to&nbsp;reduce the man-vector contact, which is a crucial factor for pathogen transmission. An in-depth field study was undertaken to determine the biting pattern and the biting rhythm of vector mosquitoes in the rural areas of Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu, south India during 2006-2008. Three types of rhythmic biting patterns namely; nocturnal, diurnal and crepuscular were observed in the study area and a few species of mosquitoes found exhibited a restricted pattern of biting behavior. Moreover, it was found that a temporal variation in the biting pattern of mosquitoes and the adaptive feature of avoiding competition among themselves by sharing the available vertebrate hosts in the rural areas during the different periods in the diel cycle, which is very important for implementing vector control strategies to prevent man – vector contact for the prevention of vector borne diseases.</p>
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