Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) bloodmeal sources during a period of west nile virus transmission in Puerto Rico

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 701-704

  Barrera, Roberto ^a   Amador, Manuel ^a   Young, Ginger ^b   Komar, Nicholas ^b  

^a Dengue Branch   (Puerto Rico)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

arbovirus vector; ecology; mosquito; reservoir host; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENETICS; MAMMAL; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; PUERTO RICO; REPTILE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CULICIDAE; DNA; FOOD PREFERENCES; INSECT VECTORS; MAMMALS; PUERTO RICO; REPTILES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ARBOVIRUS; AVES; CULICIDAE; DEINOCERITES; DIPTERA; MAMMALIA; PASSERIFORMES; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 79955976577     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10281     Document Type: Article

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