Multiple Blood Feeding by Anopheles freeborni and Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae): Spatial and Temporal Variation

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 219-225

  Wekesa, J W ^a,b   Yuval, B ^a,c   Washino, R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abundance; Anopheles freeborni; Blood feeding success; Culex tarsalis; Histology; Multiple blood feeding

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES FREEBORNI; CULEX TARSALIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; RIPARIA;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CULEX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE;

EID: 0031085394     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.2.219     Document Type: Article

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