Identification of blood meals from engorged dipterans collected in the Dominican Republic during an eastern equine encephalitis outbreak
| Autor: | Carl J. Mitchell, H.A. Christensen, S.A. Taylor |
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| Rok vydání: | 1983 |
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Encephalomyelitis
Equine Veterinary medicine Biology Ceratopogonidae Disease Outbreaks parasitic diseases medicine Animals Horses Epizootic Aedes General Veterinary fungi Dominican Republic Outbreak Feeding Behavior biology.organism_classification Eastern equine encephalitis Culicoides medicine.disease Culex nigripalpus Infectious Diseases Culicidae Insect Science Culex taeniopus Parasitology geographic locations |
| Zdroj: | Journal of medical entomology. 20(6) |
| ISSN: | 0022-2585 |
| Popis: | Blood meals from 73 mosquitoes and 11 Culicoides spp. collected during an epizootic of eastern equine encephalitis in the Dominican Republic were identified by precipitin test to determine their origin. Only 2 ( Aedes hemisurus and Culex taeniopus ) mosquitoes contained equine blood. Although Culex nigripalpus was the most abundant mosquito in the collections, none of the 61 individuals tested had fed on equines. |
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