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- Title
Avian Host-Selection by Culex pipiens in Experimental Trials.
- Abstract
The article offers information on the avian host-selection by culex pipiens in experimental trial. It states that heterogeneities in contact rates between arthropod vectors and hosts are important to vector-borne disease dynamics, because they can result in increased disease transmission if vector blood meals occur more commonly on pathogen-competent hosts. In contrast, transmission may be reduced if blood meals are 'diluted' by feeding on non-competent hosts. It mentions that to control for environmental confounders influencing contact rates, host-choice experiments using traps baited with whole-host odors have been conducted to determine innate host preferences of a vector.
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2009, Vol 4, Issue 11, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0007861