Evaluating sampling method bias in Culex tarsalis and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) bloodmeal identification studies

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 143-149

  Thiemann, Tara C ^a   Reisen, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bloodfeeding; Culex; mosquito collection; sampling bias

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD; CULEX; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CULEX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SELECTION BIAS;

AVES; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX TARSALIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; MAMMALIA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84856604358     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11134     Document Type: Article

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