Stable isotope analysis can potentially identify completely-digested bloodmeals in mosquitoes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Rasgon, Jason L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON 13; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15; ISOTOPE;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; DISEASE CARRIER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; AEDES; ANIMAL; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; VERTEBRATA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BLOOD; DIGESTION; FEMALE; ISOTOPES;

EID: 48249113327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002198     Document Type: Article

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