Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) host compatibility and vector competency for the human myositic parasite Trachipleistophora hominis (Phylum Microspora)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 522-525

  Weidner, Earl ^a   Canning, Elizabeth U ^b   Rutledge, C Roxanne ^c   Meek, C Lamar ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles quadrimaculatus; Culex quinquefasciatus; Microsporidia; Mosquito; Trachipleistophora hominis

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES QUADRIMACULATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; MICROSPORIDIA; TRACHIPLEISTOPHORA HOMINIS;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MOUSE; MYOSITIS; NUDE MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MYOSITIS;

EID: 0033158238     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.4.522     Document Type: Article

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