Comparative Host Feeding Patterns of the Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopictus, in Urban and Suburban Northeastern USA and Implications for Disease Transmission

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Faraji, Ary ^a,b   Egizi, Andrea ^a   Fonseca, Dina M ^a   Unlu, Isik ^a,b   Crepeau, Taryn ^c   Healy, Sean P ^c,d   Gaugler, Randy ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mercer County Mosquito Control   (United States)

^c Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD MEAL; CAT; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE RE-EMERGENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA EXTRACTION; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LA CROSSE VIRUS; MEAL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; AEDES; ANIMAL; CHIKUNGUNYA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENGUE; FEMALE; NORTH AMERICA; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CATS; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CULEX; DENGUE; DOGS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; NORTH AMERICA; PUBLIC HEALTH; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84924148862     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003037     Document Type: Article

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