Blood meal sources of mosquitoes captured in municipal parks in São Paulo, Brazil

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 146-152

  de Carvalho, Gabriela Cristina ^a   dos Santos Malafronte, Rosely ^a   Miti Izumisawa, Clara ^b   Souza Teixeira, Renildo ^c   Natal, Licia ^a   Marrelli, Mauro Toledo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Prefeitura de São Paulo   (Brazil)

^c CENTRO DE CONTROLE DE ZOONOSES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood meals; Culicidae; Cytochrome b oxidase; Epidemiology; Hosts; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAZIL; CAT; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATS; CULICIDAE; DOGS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; RATS;

EID: 84900008185     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2014.12081.x     Document Type: Article

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