ABSTRACT
Adults: Only females feed after mating to obtain nutrient blood meals for their eggs; rest at acute angle to feed; digest blood meal over 3 days to 2 weeks; lifespan 1-4 weeks; infective for life. Diseases: Human (4 types) and animal malaria, lariasis (Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, Brugia timori), zoonotic arborvirus (O’Nyongnyong — “joint-breaker” fever). Mechanism: PM-biting, anthropophagic (bites man) vs. zoophagic (bites animals), endophagic (feeds indoors) vs. exophagic (feeds outdoors), endophilic (lives indoors) vs. exophilic (lives outdoors); mosquito must ingest gametocytes to start sexual cycle — infective sporozoites stored in mosquito’s salivary glands injected on biting.
