Identification of avian- and mammalian-derived bloodmeals in Aedes vexans and Culiseta melanura (Diptera: Culicidae) and its implication for West Nile virus transmission in Connecticut, U.S.A.

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1088-1093

  Molaei, Goudarz ^a   Andreadis, Theodore G ^a  

^a Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes vexans; Culiseta melanura; Host feeding pattern; Mosquito; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

DNA; PRIMER DNA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BLOOD; CONNECTICUT; CULICIDAE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MAMMALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AEDES VEXANS; AVES; CERVIDAE; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; CULICIDAE; CULISETA MELANURA; DIPTERA; DUMETELLA CAROLINENSIS; EQUUS CABALLUS; FELIS CATUS; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; HYLOCICHLA MUSTELINA; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; SYLVILAGUS FLORIDANUS; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS; VERTEBRATA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33750933556     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[1088:IOAAMB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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