Why Do Female Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Feed Preferentially and Frequently on Human Blood?
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- 1 May 2001
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology
- Vol. 38 (3) , 411-422
- https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585-38.3.411
Abstract
Adult female Aedes aegypti (L.), the vector of dengue and yellow fever viruses, have an affinity for feeding on human blood and a tendency to foregoKeywords
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