Effect of Temperature on the Development of Culiseta melanura (Diptera: Culicidae) and its Impact on the Amplification of Eastern Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus in Birds

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1007-1012

  Mahmood, Farida ^a   Crans, Wayne J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplification; Birds; Culiseta melanura; Eastern equine encephalomyelitis; Larval development; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AVES; CULICIDAE; CULISETA MELANURA; DIPTERA; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; EQUIDAE; GALLIFORMES; PASSERIFORMES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUAIL; SONGBIRD; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; CULICIDAE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, EASTERN EQUINE; FEMALE; LARVA; NEW JERSEY; QUAIL; SONGBIRDS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032196498     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.6.1007     Document Type: Article

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