Mycoplasma gallisepticum infection in house finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) affects mosquito blood feeding patterns

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 488-494

  Darbro, Jonathan M ^a   Dhondt, André A ^b   Vermeylen, Françoise M ^a   Harrington, Laura C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEEDING; FINCH; MOSQUITO; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AVES; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; CULEX PIPIENS PIPIENS; FRINGILLIDAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CULICIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINCHES; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS;

EID: 35748954630     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.488     Document Type: Article

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