Aedes albopictus in the United States: Ten-Year Presence and Public Health Implications

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 329-334

  Moore, Chester G ^a,b   Mitchell, Carl J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARBOVIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARBOVIRUSES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031178469     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0303.970309     Document Type: Article

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