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Box 2.3: Comparison of some important vectors outside of Africa<br />
Region Species Resting<br />
location<br />
Europe<br />
and<br />
Middle<br />
East<br />
South<br />
and<br />
South-<br />
East<br />
Asia<br />
An. sacharovi Inside and<br />
outside<br />
An. subpictus Inside and<br />
outside<br />
An. dirus Mainly<br />
outside<br />
An. minimus Mainly<br />
outside<br />
An. stephensi Mainly<br />
inside<br />
An.<br />
culicifacies<br />
Mainly<br />
inside<br />
An. fluviatilis Inside and<br />
outside<br />
Feeding<br />
time<br />
Peak<br />
20:00–<br />
22:00<br />
Mainly<br />
late<br />
(20:00–<br />
02:00 hrs.)<br />
Feeding<br />
location<br />
Inside<br />
and<br />
outside<br />
Inside<br />
and<br />
outside<br />
Inside<br />
and<br />
outside<br />
All night Inside<br />
and<br />
outside<br />
Late<br />
evening<br />
and night<br />
Late<br />
evening<br />
and night<br />
Peak<br />
21:00–<br />
03:00 hrs.<br />
Inside<br />
and<br />
outside<br />
Inside<br />
and<br />
outside<br />
Mainly<br />
inside<br />
Host<br />
preferences<br />
Human<br />
and nonhuman<br />
Domestic<br />
animals<br />
and<br />
humans<br />
Mainly<br />
human<br />
Human<br />
and cows<br />
Mainly<br />
cattle<br />
and<br />
domestic<br />
animals<br />
Mainly<br />
cattle<br />
and<br />
domestic<br />
animals<br />
Human<br />
and nonhuman<br />
Breeding sites<br />
Typically large<br />
brackish marshes but<br />
also other habitats<br />
Muddy pools often<br />
near houses. Also in<br />
barrow pits, buffalo<br />
wallows and artificial<br />
containers<br />
Small shady pools<br />
mainly in forests<br />
and plantations,<br />
footprints, stream<br />
seepages, wheelruts,<br />
gem pits, hollow logs,<br />
sometimes wells<br />
Streams in forest<br />
foothills<br />
Urban vector:<br />
domestic water<br />
tanks and containers,<br />
construction sites<br />
Rural vector: clean<br />
water, river margins,<br />
rice fields, man-made<br />
pits and pools<br />
Rural vector: clean<br />
water, river margins,<br />
rice fields, man-made<br />
pits and pools<br />
Grassy edges of slow<br />
moving streams,<br />
springs, irrigation<br />
channels, sometimes<br />
in the edges of<br />
swamps and lakes<br />
DEFEATInG MALARIA In ASIA, THE PAcIFIc, AMERIcAS, MIDDLE EAST AnD EURoPE<br />
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