Mosquito host selection varies seasonally with host availability and mosquito density

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Thiemann, Tara C ^a   Wheeler, Sarah S ^a   Barker, Christopher M ^a   Reisen, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE I GENE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST SELECTION; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOSQUITO; NESTING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY DEPENDENCE; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BLOOD CELL; CULEX; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MAMMAL; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BLOOD CELLS; CALIFORNIA; CULEX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMALS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS;

EID: 84855272498     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001452     Document Type: Article

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