Blood feeding position increases success of recalcitrant mosquitoes

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1165-1171

  Lyski, Zoe L ^a   Saredy, Jason J ^a   Ciano, Kristen A ^a   Stem, Jenna ^a   Bowers, Doria F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood feeder; Feeding position; Mosquitoes; Sausage membrane; Sindbis virus

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FEMALE; MEAL; MEAT; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BLOOD; CATTLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING METHODS; FEMALE; GLASS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARBOVIRUS; BOVINAE; SINDBIS VIRUS;

EID: 80051527410     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0164     Document Type: Article

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