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Species Identification of Blood Meals from Culex Tarsalis that Had Fed on Passeriform Birds^*

Blood-engoged Culex tarsalis (4,209) collected during 1960 to 1965 in Kern County, California and previously shown to have fed on passeriform birds by the precipitin test were further tested by the more sensitive passive hemagglutination inhibition test (PHI). It was shown that these mosquitoes fed principally on House Finches and House Sparrows, the most common passeriform birds found in the collection areas. These data demonstrate the usefulness of the PHI test for the identification of arthropod blood meals from closely related species.

Accepted for publication March 6, 1976.

^* These studies were supported in part by the U. S. Army Medical Research and Development Command under Contract No. DADA 17-70-C-0116, and by Research Grant AI 03028 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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