Immunologic Identification of Arthropod Blood Meals.
Abstract
During this past year passive hemagglutination inhibition tests (PHI), of Culex tarsalis were completed. It was shown that these mosquitoes fed principally on House finches and House sparrows, the most common passeriform birds found in the collection areas. Several species of blood engorged mosquitoes from Malaya were tested. Collaborative studies with two units concerned with the Epidemiology of Chagas' disease in Mexico and Panama submitted blood engorged triatomid bugs for testing. In Mexico Tratoma barberi were collected. They were shown to have fed primarily on man, cricetid and murid rodents. A few fed on domestic birds.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA036652
Entities
People
- Constantine H. Tempelis
Organizations
- University of California, Berkeley