Host Feeding Patterns of Culex Mosquitoes and West Nile Virus Transmission, Northeastern United States

To evaluate the role of Culex mosquitoes as enzootic and epidemic vectors for WNV, we identified the source of vertebrate blood by polymerase chain reaction amplification and sequencing portions of the cytochrome b gene of mitochondrial DNA. All Cx. restuans and 93% of Cx. pipiens acquired blood fro...

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Autores principales: Molaei, Goudarz, Andreadis, Theodore G., Armstrong, Philip M., Anderson, John F., Vossbrinck, Charles R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16704786
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1203.051004

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291451/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16704786
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1203.051004

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