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  <dc:contributor>Robert K. Washino</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Charles van Riper III</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Thierry M. Work</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1990</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Repeated laboratory attempts failed to infect &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Culiseta inornata&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; (Williston) and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Anopheles franciscanus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; McCracken with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Plasmodium relictum&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; as efficiently as &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Culex tarsalis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; Coquillett controls. Of 210 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;An. franciscanus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; that imbibed a replete meal from a parasitemic canary, two were found with oocysts and none with sporozoites. Of 112 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cs. inornata&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; similarly fed, seven contained oocysts and one contained sporozoites. In contrast, of 94 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cx. tarsalis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; tested, 80 (85%) were found with oocysts, thus confirming that this mosquito is a suitable host of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;P. relictum&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; . Lack of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;An. franciscanus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cs. inornata&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; with sporozoites precluded transmission studies and indicated that these species do not play a major role in the maintenance of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;P. relictum&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; during fall and winter in the Sacramento Valley, Calif.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1093/jmedent/27.1.68</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Entomological Society of America</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Comparative susceptibility of Culex tarsalis, a Nopheles franciscanus, and Culiseta inornata (Diptera: Culicidae) to Plasmodium relictum (Haemosporidia: Plasmodiidae)</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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