Determination of the foraging behaviour and blood meal source of malaria vector mosquitoes in Trincomalee District of Sri Lanka using a multiplex real time polymerase chain reaction assay

BACKGROUND: Studies of host preference patterns in blood-feeding anopheline mosquitoes are crucial to incriminating malaria vectors. However, little information is available on host preferences of Anopheles mosquitoes in Sri Lanka. METHODS: Adult Anopheles mosquitoes were collected from five selecte...

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Published in:Malar J
Main Authors: Gunathilaka, Nayana, Denipitiya, Thanuja, Hapugoda, Menaka, Abeyewickreme, Wimaladharma, Wickremasinghe, Rajitha
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4845499/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27118141
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1279-5
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