Short report: Assessing mosquito feeding patterns on nestling and brooding adult birds using microsatellite markers

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 534-537

  Ligon, Russell A ^b   Burkett Cadena, Nathan D ^b   Liu, Mark ^b   Hill, Geoffrey E ^b   Hassan, Hassan K ^a   Unnasch, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; BROOD PARASITE; CHICK; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOSQUITO; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; AGING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ARBOVIRUS; AVES; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; SIALIA SIALIS;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AGING; ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT VECTORS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 69249177354     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.81.534     Document Type: Article

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