Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) as a potential West Nile virus vector in Tucson, Arizona: Blood meal analysis indicates feeding on both humans and birds

Most reports from the United States suggest Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes feed minimally on humans. Given the abundance of C. quinquefasciatus in residential Tucson and parts of metropolitan Phoenix, and the arrival of West Nile virus to this area, discovering the blood meal hosts of the local p...

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Autores principales: Zinser, Margaret, Ramberg, Frank, Willott, Elizabeth
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of Arizona Library 2004
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Scientific Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC528880/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15861236
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Ramberg, Frank
Willott, Elizabeth
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description Most reports from the United States suggest Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes feed minimally on humans. Given the abundance of C. quinquefasciatus in residential Tucson and parts of metropolitan Phoenix, and the arrival of West Nile virus to this area, discovering the blood meal hosts of the local population is important. Using a sandwich ELISA technique, the local C. quinquefasciatus were found to feed on both humans and birds. This suggests they should be considered potential West Nile virus vectors.
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spelling pubmed-5288802005-04-27 Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) as a potential West Nile virus vector in Tucson, Arizona: Blood meal analysis indicates feeding on both humans and birds Zinser, Margaret Ramberg, Frank Willott, Elizabeth J Insect Sci Scientific Note Most reports from the United States suggest Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes feed minimally on humans. Given the abundance of C. quinquefasciatus in residential Tucson and parts of metropolitan Phoenix, and the arrival of West Nile virus to this area, discovering the blood meal hosts of the local population is important. Using a sandwich ELISA technique, the local C. quinquefasciatus were found to feed on both humans and birds. This suggests they should be considered potential West Nile virus vectors. University of Arizona Library 2004-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC528880/ /pubmed/15861236 Text en Copyright © 2004. Open access; copyright is maintained by the authors.
spellingShingle Scientific Note
Zinser, Margaret
Ramberg, Frank
Willott, Elizabeth
Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) as a potential West Nile virus vector in Tucson, Arizona: Blood meal analysis indicates feeding on both humans and birds
title Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) as a potential West Nile virus vector in Tucson, Arizona: Blood meal analysis indicates feeding on both humans and birds
title_full Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) as a potential West Nile virus vector in Tucson, Arizona: Blood meal analysis indicates feeding on both humans and birds
title_fullStr Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) as a potential West Nile virus vector in Tucson, Arizona: Blood meal analysis indicates feeding on both humans and birds
title_full_unstemmed Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) as a potential West Nile virus vector in Tucson, Arizona: Blood meal analysis indicates feeding on both humans and birds
title_short Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) as a potential West Nile virus vector in Tucson, Arizona: Blood meal analysis indicates feeding on both humans and birds
title_sort culex quinquefasciatus (diptera: culicidae) as a potential west nile virus vector in tucson, arizona: blood meal analysis indicates feeding on both humans and birds
topic Scientific Note
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC528880/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15861236
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