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HOST-SEEKING STRATEGIES OF MOSQUITO DISEASE VECTORS
1 Dec 2005
Abstract excerpt
Disease transmission by arthropods normally requires at least 2 host contacts. During the first, a pathogen (nematode, protozoan, or virus) is acquired along with the blood from an infected vertebrate host. The pathogen penetrates the vector's midgut and infects a variety of tissues, where replication may occur during an extrinsic incubation period lasting 3-30, days depending on vector and parasite physiology...
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