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Blood-feeding of Culex mosquitoes in an urban environment
1Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge 70803.
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
|June 1, 1992
Abstract:
The modified capillary tube precipitin test was used to identify blood meal sources of Culex quinquefasciatus emerging from sewage ditches in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Canines were the primary hosts, but Passeriformes and humans were also suitable blood meal sources. The percentage of Cx. quinquefasciatus feeding on these 3 hosts fluctuated with the habitat and the season.