Lead levels of Culex mosquito larvae inhabiting lead utilizing factory

作     者：Kitvatanachai S Apiwathnasorn C Leemingsawat S Wongwit W Overgaard HJ 

作者机构：Faculty of Medical TechnologyRangsit University Department of Medical EntomologyFaculty of Tropical MedicineMahidol University Department of Social and Environmental MedicineFaculty of Tropical MedicineMahidol University Department of Mathematical and Technological SciencesNorwegian University of Life Sciences and Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research (Biaforsk) 

出 版 物：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine》 (亚太热带生物医学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2011年第1卷第1期

页      面：64-68页

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 0831[工学-生物医学工程（可授工学、理学、医学学位）] 1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100401[医学-流行病与卫生统计学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Culex mosquito Larvae Lead Biomarker Eco-toxicological impact 

摘      要：Objective:To determine lead level primarily in Culex quinquefasciatus(***), and Culex gelidus(***) larvae inhabiting lead consuming factories,and to putatively estimate eco-toxicological impact of effluents from the ***:Third instars larvae were sampled by standard dipping method and lead concentrations in the larvae and their respective surrounding factory aquatic environments were determined through standard atomic absorption spectrophotometry(AAS).Results:*** was the most abundant species followed by *** levels of lead were higher in the ***(1.08-47.47μg/g),than in the wastewaters surface(0.01-0.78 μg/mL) from the factories or closer areas around factories. Other species were not reaching *** for lead ***:The Cx. quinquefasciatus larvae can bio-accumulate the metal and can potentially serve as a biomarker of lead contamination,to complemente conventional techniques.