Mosquitoes used to draw blood for arbovirus viremia determinations in small vertebrates.

Serial samples from the same individuals may be required for certain virological studies, however, some small animals cannot easily be blood-sampled. Therefore, we evaluated the use of Culex quinquefasciatus Say and Aedes albopictus Skuse mosquitoes as "biological syringes" to draw blood f...

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Main Authors: Rebekah C Kading, Brad J Biggerstaff, Ginger Young, Nicholas Komar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4047049?pdf=render