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Toxic Effect of Blood Feeding in Male Mosquitoes

Blood- and sugar feeding of female mosquitoes has been frequently observed in the laboratory and in the field, but only sugar feeding of males has been reported. Here, we describe for the first time that Culex quinquefasciatus males feed on blood as well. Blood feeding easily happened on a blood-soa...

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Autores principales: Nikbakhtzadeh, Mahmood R., Buss, Garrison K., Leal, Walter S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4726748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26858651
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2016.00004