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However, no data are so far available on the feeding habits of\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Aedes albopictus<\/jats:italic>\n                    in Italy or in other recently colonized temperate regions of Europe, due to difficulties in collecting blood-fed females of this diurnal and exophilic species. We analyzed\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Ae. albopictus<\/jats:italic>\n                    host-feeding patterns in two urban and two rural sites within the area of Rome (Italy).\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Ae. albopictus<\/jats:italic>\n                    was collected using sticky-traps and the blood-meal origin of 303 females was determined by direct dot-ELISA. The blood-fed sample, although representing only 4% of the total\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Ae. albopictus<\/jats:italic>\n                    collected, demonstrates the useful application of sticky-trap in studying the feeding behavior of the species. The human blood index was significantly different among sites, ranging from 79\u201396% in urban sites to 23\u201355% in rural sites, where horses and bovines represented the most bitten hosts. The results obtained confirm the plastic feeding behavior shown by\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Ae. albopictus<\/jats:italic>\n                    in its original range of distribution and highlights the high potential of this species as a vector of human pathogens in urban areas of Italy, where both humans and the mosquito itself may reach very high densities.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1089\/vbz.2009.0007","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,6,1]],"date-time":"2009-06-01T15:34:49Z","timestamp":1243870489000},"page":"291-294","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":116,"title":["Host-Feeding Patterns of\n                    <i>Aedes albopictus<\/i>\n                    (Diptera: Culicidae) in Urban and Rural Contexts within Rome Province, Italy"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Laura","family":"Valerio","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Rome \u201cSapienza,\u201d","place":["Italy"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Francesca","family":"Marini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Rome \u201cSapienza,\u201d","place":["Italy"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gioia","family":"Bongiorno","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto Superiore di Sanit\u00e0","place":["Italy"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Luca","family":"Facchinelli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Rome \u201cSapienza,\u201d","place":["Italy"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marco","family":"Pombi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Rome \u201cSapienza,\u201d","place":["Italy"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Beniamino","family":"Caputo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Rome \u201cSapienza,\u201d","place":["Italy"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michele","family":"Maroli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Instituto Superiore di Sanit\u00e0","place":["Italy"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alessandra","family":"della Torre","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Rome \u201cSapienza,\u201d","place":["Italy"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2010,4,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_3_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0001-706X(03)00190-6"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/00034983.1959.11685923"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.2008.78.904"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2915.2007.00680.x"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3920\/9789086866267_012"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_7_1","first-page":"74","article-title":"Host-feeding patterns of potential human disease vectors in the Para\u00edba Valley region, State of S\u00e4o Paulo, Brazil","volume":"28","author":"Gomes AC","year":"2003","unstructured":"Gomes AC, , Silva NN, , Marques GR, , Brito M. 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