Blood sources of mosquitoes collected from urban and peri-urban environments in eastern Australia with species-specific molecular analysis of avian blood meals

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 849-857

  Jansen, Cassie C ^a,b   Webb, Cameron E ^c   Graham, Glenn C ^d   Craig, Scott B ^d   Zborowski, Paul ^a   Ritchie, Scott A ^e,f   Russell, Richard C ^c   Van Den Hurk, Andrew F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Forensic and Scientific Services   (Australia)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f Tropical Population Health Unit Network   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DNA SEQUENCE; DUCKS AND GEESE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEEDING; HOST; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; URBAN AREA; VECTORCARDIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CITY; CLASSIFICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACRIDOTHERES TRISTIS; AEDES AEGYPTI; ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSERIFORMES; ARBOVIRUS; AVES; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; MAMMALIA; PASSERIFORMES; PHILEMON BUCEROIDES; SPHECOTHERES; STURNUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIRDS; BLOOD; CITIES; CULICIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMALS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70449707620     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.09-0008     Document Type: Article

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