2008
Host-Feeding Patterns of Potential Mosquito Vectors in Connecticut, USA: Molecular Analysis of Bloodmeals from 23 Species of Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Coquillettidia, Psorophora, and Uranotaenia
Molaei G, Andreadis T, Armstrong P, Diuk-Wasser M. Host-Feeding Patterns of Potential Mosquito Vectors in Connecticut, USA: Molecular Analysis of Bloodmeals from 23 Species of Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Coquillettidia, Psorophora, and Uranotaenia. Journal Of Medical Entomology 2008, 51 DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[1143:hpopmv]2.0.co;2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpecies of AedesMosquito speciesMammalian hostsCytochrome b geneWhite-tailed deerHost feeding patternsBlood-feeding patternsAedes cinereus MeigenMain vertebrate hostCulex territans WalkerHost-feeding patternsPasseriformes birdsBlood-fed mosquitoesMitochondrial DNAB geneCervid hostsMammalian speciesAvian hostsAmerican robinsMajority of feedingsVertebrate hostsOccasional feedingTurdus migratoriusPsorophora feroxAedes cantatorHost-Feeding Patterns of Potential Mosquito Vectors in Connecticut, USA: Molecular Analysis of Bloodmeals from 23 Species of Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Coquillettidia, Psorophora, and Uranotaenia
Molaei G, Andreadis T, Armstrong P, Diuk-Wasser M. Host-Feeding Patterns of Potential Mosquito Vectors in Connecticut, USA: Molecular Analysis of Bloodmeals from 23 Species of Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Coquillettidia, Psorophora, and Uranotaenia. Journal Of Medical Entomology 2008, 45: 1143-1151. DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585%282008%2945%5b1143%3ahpopmv%5d2.0.co%3b2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMosquito speciesMammalian hostsCytochrome b geneWhite-tailed deerHost feeding patternsBlood-feeding patternsAedes cinereus MeigenMain vertebrate hostCulex territans WalkerHost-feeding patternsSpecies of AedesPasseriformes birdsBlood-fed mosquitoesMitochondrial DNAB geneCervid hostsMammalian speciesAvian hostsAmerican robinsMajority of feedingsVertebrate hostsOccasional feedingTurdus migratoriusPsorophora feroxAedes cantator
2007
Host feeding pattern of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) and its role in transmission of West Nile virus in Harris County, Texas.
Molaei G, Andreadis T, Armstrong P, Bueno R, Dennett J, Real S, Sargent C, Bala A, Randle Y, Guzman H, da Rosa A, Wuithiranyagool T, Tesh R. Host feeding pattern of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) and its role in transmission of West Nile virus in Harris County, Texas. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2007, 77: 73-81. PMID: 17620633, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.73.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVertebrate hostsCytochrome b geneHost feeding patternsMammalian blood mealsOpportunistic feedersGray CatbirdsB geneAmerican robinsHouse finchesBlue jaysHouse sparrowsMosquito speciesAmerican crowsWNV infection ratesBlood mealPrincipal mosquito vectorCulex quinquefasciatus SayMosquito vectorsWest Nile virusPCR productsCulex quinquefasciatusMode of infectionQuinquefasciatus SayDomestic catsFeeding patterns