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Stable Isotope Analysis Can Potentially Identify Completely-Digested Bloodmeals in Mosquitoes

BACKGROUND: Vertebrate bloodfeeding is a critical component of a mosquito's ability to transmit pathogens that cause diseases such as malaria, dengue fever and viral encephalitis. Due to degradation by the digestive process, current methods to identify mosquito bloodmeal sources are only useful...

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Autor principal: Rasgon, Jason L.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2374900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18493314
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002198