Incrimination of the mosquito, Aedes taeniorhynchus, as the primary vector of heartworm, Dirofilaria immitis, in coastal Yucatan, Mexico

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 456-460

  Manrique Saide, P ^a   Escobedo Ortegon J ^a   Bolio Gonzalez M ^a   Sauri Arceo, C ^a   Dzib Florez, S ^a   Guillermo May, G ^a   Ceh Pavia E ^a   Lenhart, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aedes taeniorhynchus; Dirofilaria immitis; Dogs; Mexico; Microfilaria

Indexed keywords

CANID; COASTAL ZONE; DISEASE VECTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MICROSCOPY; MOSQUITO; NEMATODE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES SCAPULARIS; AEDES TAENIORHYNCHUS; ANOPHELES ALBIMANUS; ANOPHELES CRUCIANS; ANOPHELES PSEUDOPUNCTIPENNIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CULEX CORONATOR; CULEX INTERROGATOR; CULEX NIGRIPALPUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX SALINARIUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE GENUS); NEMATODA; OCHLEROTATUS SOLLICITANS;

EID: 78149385100     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00884.x     Document Type: Article

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