Feeding Host Range of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) Demonstrates Its Opportunistic Host-Seeking Behavior in Rural Singapore

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 880-884

  Kek, Relus ^a   Hapuarachchi, H C ^a   Chung, Chiew Yuan ^b   Humaidi, Mahathir Bin ^a   Razak, Muhammad Aliff B A ^a   Chiang, Suzanna ^a   Lee, Caleb ^a   Tan, Cheong Huat ^a   Yap, Grace ^a   Chong, Chee Seng ^a   Lee, Kim Sung ^a   Ng, Lee Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Singapore)

^b PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S A   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; bloodmeal; host seeking; polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RURAL POPULATION; SINGAPORE; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CATS; DENGUE VIRUS; DOGS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST SPECIFICITY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84903843070     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME13213     Document Type: Article

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