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19706928

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-8-26
pubmed:abstractText
The role that different age classes of birds play in the amplification of arthropod-borne viruses depends critically on the feeding choices made by mosquitoes. To determine if mosquitoes are more likely to feed on nestling or adult birds, we introduced Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes into eastern bluebird Sialia sialis nest boxes after dark and recaptured them the following morning. We collected blood from each nestling and brooding mother and used molecular genotyping methods to trace the blood meals of individual mosquitoes to the individual bird fed upon (mothers or chicks). Of the 14 recaptured mosquitoes, whose blood meals were identified to the species level, 10 fed only on nestlings, three fed only on an adult, and one mosquito fed on an adult and two nestlings. These preliminary data show that microsatellite genotyping may be used to answer important questions concerning mosquito feeding patterns on different age classes of birds.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1476-1645
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
81
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
534-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Assessing mosquito feeding patterns on nestling and brooding adult birds using microsatellite markers.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural