Fur or feather? Feeding preferences of species of Culicoides biting midges in Europe

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 16-22

  Martínez de la Puente, Josué ^a   Figuerola, Jordi ^a   Soriguer, Ramón ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood meal; Bluetongue virus; Ceratopogonidae; Diptera; DNA; Haematophagous insects

Indexed keywords

CULICOIDES; EUROPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST; HOST SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; EUROPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS;

EID: 84920724820     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2014.11.002     Document Type: Review

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