TY - JOUR AU - Patrican, Lisa A. AU - Hackett, Laura E. AU - McGowan, Jay W. AU - Unnasch, Thomas R. AU - Lee, Joon-Hak T1 - Host-Feeding Patterns of Culex Mosquitoes in Relation to Trap Habitat T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2007 VL - 13 IS - 12 SP - 1921 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Mosquito feeding patterns identify vertebrate species potentially involved in the amplification of West Nile virus. In New York, northern cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis) were the predominant hosts in most habitats. Crow (Corvus sp.) blood meals were most frequently identified from sewage treatment plant and storm water catch basin habitats. KW - mosquito KW - Culex KW - blood meal identification KW - host feeding patterns KW - West Nile virus KW - dispatch KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid1312.070275 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/13/12/07-0275_article ER - End of Reference