Relative Abundance and Species Composition of Mosquito Populations (Diptera: Culicidae) in a La Crosse Virus-Endemic Area in Western North Carolina

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 598-607

  Szumlas, Daniel E ^a,b   Apperson, Charles S ^a   Powell, Eugene E ^a   Hartig, Phillip ^a,c   Francy, D Bruce ^a,d   Karabotsos, Nick ^a,d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Naval Environmental Preventive Medicine Unit 2   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes triseriatus; La Crosse virus; Mosquito abundance

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; LA CROSSE VIRUS; OCHLEROTATUS TRISERIATUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TAMIAS STRIATUS; TESTUDINES; UNDETERMINED SCIURIDAE 'CHIPMUNKS';

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CAT; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; FEMALE; FOX; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LA CROSSE VIRUS; MALE; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; SCIURIDAE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CATS; CULEX; CULICIDAE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOGS; FEMALE; FOXES; HUMANS; LA CROSSE VIRUS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; RABBITS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0030186709     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.4.598     Document Type: Article

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