Sampling with light traps and human bait in epidemic foci for eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus in Southeastern Massachusetts

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 348-355

  Vaidyanathan, Rajeev ^a,b   Edman, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, EASTERN EQUINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MASSACHUSETTS; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

EID: 0031305453     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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