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Spatial Variation in Host Feeding Patterns of<i>Culex tarsalis</i>and the<i>Culex pipiens</i>complex (Diptera: Culicidae) in California
1 Jul 2012
Abstract excerpt
West Nile virus (family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus, WNV) is now endemic in California across a variety of ecological regions that support a wide diversity of potential avian and mammalian host species. Because different avian hosts have varying competence for WNV, determining the blood-feeding patterns of Culex (Diptera: Culicidae) vectors is a key component in understanding the maintenance and amplification...
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