Development of a high-throughput microsphere-based molecular assay to identify 15 common bloodmeal hosts of Culex mosquitoes

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 238-246

  Thiemann, T C ^a   Brault, A C ^a,b   Ernest, H B ^a   Reisen, W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Bloodmeal; Culex; Host identification; Luminex; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; EVALUATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BLOOD; CULEX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HOST SPECIFICITY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MAMMALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84856703995     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03093.x     Document Type: Article

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