Bloodmeal Analysis Reveals Avian Plasmodium Infections and Broad Host Preferences of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Vectors

Changing environmental conditions and human encroachment on natural habitats bring human populations closer to novel sources of parasites, which might then develop into new emerging diseases. Diseases transmitted by host generalist vectors are of special interest due to their capacity to move pathog...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 7; no. 2; p. e31098
Main Authors:	Santiago-Alarcon, Diego, Havelka, Peter, Schaefer, Hinrich Martin, Segelbacher, Gernot
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 20.02.2012 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Analysis Animal bites Animals Arthropods Biology Birds Birds - parasitology Bites Bos taurus Cattle Ceratopogonidae Ceratopogonidae - genetics Ceratopogonidae - physiology COI protein Culicidae Culicoides Culicoides chiopterus Culicoides kibunensis Culicoides obsoletus Cyt b gene CytB gene Deoxyribonucleic acid Diptera Disease susceptibility Disease transmission DNA Ecology Encroachment Environmental changes Environmental conditions Equus caballus Evolutionary biology Feeding Behavior - physiology Feeds Forests Germany Host preferences Host Specificity - physiology Human populations Humans Infections Insect Vectors - genetics Insect Vectors - physiology Insecta Insects Livestock Malaria Malaria - parasitology Meals Medicine Mitochondrial DNA Morphology Nematocera Parasites Parasites - physiology Plasmodium Plasmodium - physiology Plastics Polymerase chain reaction Simuliidae Species Species Specificity Sylvia atricapilla Turdus merula Urban forests Vectors Vectors (Biology) Vertebrates Viability West Nile virus Wild animals Germany
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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