Host selection and parasite infection in Aedes taeniorhynchus, endemic disease vector in the Galápagos Islands

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1831-1841

  Bataille, Arnaud ^a,b,c   Fournié, Guillaume ^d   Cruz, Marilyn ^c   Cedeño, Virna ^c,e   Parker, Patricia G ^f   Cunningham, Andrew A ^b,c   Goodman, Simon J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE GUAYAQUIL   (Ecuador)

^d ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e Concepto Azul ^*  (Ecuador)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding patterns; Filaria; Gal pagos; Haemoproteus; Hepatozoon; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

AEDES; AEDES TAENIORHYNCHUS; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECUADOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HAEMOPROTEUS; HEPATOZOON; HOST SELECTION; IGUANA; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; ECUADOR; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HEAD; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IGUANAS; INSECT VECTORS; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; THORAX;

AEDES TAENIORHYNCHUS; ARTHROPODA; AVES; FILARIA; HAEMOPROTEUS; HEPATOZOON; IGUANA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 84866168653     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.07.019     Document Type: Article

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