| mosquitoes used to draw blood for arbovirus viremia determinations in small vertebrates. | serial samples from the same individuals may be required for certain virological studies, however, some small animals cannot easily be blood-sampled. therefore, we evaluated the use of culex quinquefasciatus say and aedes albopictus skuse mosquitoes as "biological syringes" to draw blood for virus titer determinations in small vertebrates. groups of chicks (gallus gallus), hamsters (mesocricetus auratus), and house sparrows (passer domesticus) were experimentally infected with west nile virus (w ... | 2014 | 24901448 |