2024
Host-Feeding Behavior of Mosquitoes in the Florida Everglades
Anderson J, Molaei G, Fish D, Armstrong P, Khalil N, Brudner S, Misencik M, Bransfield A, Olson M, Andreadis T. Host-Feeding Behavior of Mosquitoes in the Florida Everglades. Vector-Borne And Zoonotic Diseases 2024, 24: 520-531. PMID: 38648543, DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2023.0072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHispid cotton ratsWest Nile virusWading birdsAmerican alligatorMosquito speciesSusceptibility to WNVCulex nigripalpus</i>,Blood meals of mosquitoesFlorida EvergladesBlood mealMarsh rabbitWhite-tailed deerIndustrial sitesBlood-fed specimensEverglades virusSpecies of rodentsHost speciesBlood-fed mosquitoesAvian hostsTransmit West Nile virusBehavior of mosquitoesFrequent hostsPCR assayTensaw virusHost feeding behavior
2018
Seasonal Distribution, Blood-Feeding Habits, and Viruses of Mosquitoes in an Open-Faced Quarry in Connecticut, 2010 and 2011
Anderson J, Armstrong P, Misencik M, Bransfield A, Andreadis T, Molaei G. Seasonal Distribution, Blood-Feeding Habits, and Viruses of Mosquitoes in an Open-Faced Quarry in Connecticut, 2010 and 2011. Journal Of The American Mosquito Control Association 2018, 34: 1-10. PMID: 31442119, DOI: 10.2987/17-6707.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpecies of mosquitoesBlood-feeding habitMammalian hostsCommon mammalian hostSpecies of birdsDifferent mammalian hostsBlood-fed mosquitoesSource of bloodUnique habitatAbundant speciesSeasonal abundanceMosquito speciesSpeciesMosquito-borne virusJamestown Canyon virusCache Valley virusWest Nile virusMosquitoesBirdsMid-JuneHostNile virusSeasonal distributionVirusPasseriformes
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, U.S.A.: 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, U.S.A.: molecular analysis of bloodmeals from 23 species of Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Coquillettidia, Psorophora, and Uranotaenia. Journal Of Medical Entomology 2008, 45: 1143-51. PMID: 19058640, DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[1143:hpopmv]2.0.co;2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHost-feeding patternsSpecies of AedesMosquito speciesMammalian hostsCytochrome b geneWhite-tailed deerBlood-feeding patternsClasses of vertebratesAedes cinereus MeigenMain vertebrate hostCulex territans WalkerPasseriformes birdsBlood-fed mosquitoesMitochondrial DNAB geneCervid hostsMammalian speciesAvian hostsAmerican robinsMajority of feedingsVertebrate hostsOccasional feedingTurdus migratoriusAedes cantatorViremic birdsHost-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