Molecular identification of bloodmeals from sand flies and mosquitoes collected in Israel

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 678-685

  Valinsky, Lea ^a   Ettinger, Conen ^a   Bar Gal, Gila Kahila ^b   Orshan, Laor ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bloodmeal; Culex; Host; Leishmania tropica; Phlebotomus sergenti

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CULICIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ISRAEL; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84899794778     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME13125     Document Type: Article

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