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Do mosquitoes transmit the avian malaria-like parasite Haemoproteus? An experimental test of vector competence using mosquito saliva

BACKGROUND: The life-cycle of many vector-borne pathogens includes an asexual replication phase in the vertebrate host and sexual reproduction in the insect vector. However, as only a small array of parasites can successfully develop infective phases inside an insect, few insect species are competen...

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Autores principales: Gutiérrez-López, Rafael, Martínez-de la Puente, Josué, Gangoso, Laura, Yan, Jiayue, Soriguer, Ramón C., Figuerola, Jordi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5127101/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27894354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1903-9