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

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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Main Authors: Goudarz Molaei, Theodore G. Andreadis, Philip M. Armstrong, John F. Anderson, Charles R. Vossbrinck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Blood feeding pattern
Mosquitoes
Culex pipiens
Culex restuans
Culex salinarius
Bridge vector
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/3/05-1004_article

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