Identification of the people from whom engorged Aedes aegypti took blood meals in Florida, Puerto Rico, using polymerase chain reaction-based dna profiling

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 437-446

  De Benedictis, John ^a   Chow Shaffer, Esther ^b   Costero, Adriana ^c   Clark, Gary G ^d   Edman, John D ^a   Scott, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; DENGUE VIRUS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUERTO RICO; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AEDES; ANIMAL; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INFANT; INSECT BITE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARACHNIDA; DENGUE VIRUS; HEXAPODA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEDES; ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENGUE; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0041806463     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.437     Document Type: Article

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