Identification of Mosquito Bloodmeals Using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) with Order-Specific Primers

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-222

  Ngo, Kiet A ^a   Kramer, Laura D ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloodmeal; Culex; West Nile

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBIFORMES; CORVIDAE; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; FALCONIFORMES; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; PASSERIFORMES; PHASIANIDAE;

CYTOCHROME B; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOSQUITO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; BLOOD; CULICIDAE; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DNA PRIMERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; NEW YORK; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037685281     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.2.215     Document Type: Article

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