Mosquito seasonality and arboviral disease incidence in Murray Valley, southeast Australia

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 375-384

  Dhileepan, K ^a,b  

^a VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b Tropical Weeds Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

arbovirus vectors; Australia; Barmah Forest virus; Culex annulirostris; Culex australicus; mosquitoes; Murray Valley; Ross River virus; Victoria

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; MOSQUITO; SEASONALITY;

AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, MURRAY VALLEY;

AEDES BANCROFTIANUS; AEDES SAGAX; CULEX ANNULIROSTRIS; CULEX AUSTRALICUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0030301568     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1996.tb00760.x     Document Type: Article

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