Research interests

Field of research: the role of blood-sucking (Culicidae) mosquitoes and biting midges (Ceratopogonidae, genus Culicoides) in the transmission of avian blood parasites (Haemosporida, Trypanosomatida), prevalence, seasonality, patterns of development of different species of blood-sucking insects in Lithuanian conditions, detection of naturally infected mosquitoes and biting midges with blood parasites using molecular and microscopy research methods, seasonal patterns of natural infections in blood-sucking insects, experimental studies of mosquitoes ability to transmit blood parasites under laboratory conditions.

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