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Research Progress on the Sugar-feeding Behavior of Mosquitoes and  its Application in Mosquito Control

JIANG Jin-yong1, 2,MA Ya-jun1*,ZHOU Hong-ning2   

  1. 1 Department of Pathogen Biology,The Second Military Medical University,Shanghai 200433,China;2 Yunnan Provincial Institute of Parasitic Diseases,Puer 665000,China
  • Online:2012-02-29 Published:2012-09-28

Abstract: The energy of the physiological activities for both male and female mosquitoes is provided by feeding sugar outdoors. The attractive toxic sugar bait(ATSB)was developed according to the behavior, and showed a good result in reducing mosquito population size. This paper introduces the progress on the sugar-feeding behavior of mosquitoes and application in vector-borne disease control.

Key words: Mosquito, Sugar-feeding, Attractive toxic sugar bait