Effect of nutrient levels and Ascogregarina taiwanensis (Apicomplexa: Lecudinidae) infections on the vector competence of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) for Dirofilaria immitis (Filarioidea: Onchocercidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-61

  Comiskey, Nora M ^a   Lowrie Jr , Robert C ^a   Wesson, Dawn M ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Ascogregarina taiwanensis; Dirofilaria immitis; Vector competence

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; APICOMPLEXA; ASCOGREGARINA TAIWANENSIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FILARIA; FILARIOIDEA; LECUDINIDAE; MALPIGHIA; ONCHOCERCIDAE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS;

EID: 0032604052     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.1.55     Document Type: Article

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