Blood feeding and oviposition by Culex nigripalpus (Diptera: Culicidae) before, during, and after a widespread St. Louis encephalitis virus epidemic in Florida

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 176-181

  Day, Jonathan F ^a   Alan Curtis, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Indian River Mosquito Control District   (United States)

Author keywords

Arboviral transmission; Blood feeding; Culex nigripalpus; Encephalitis virus; St. Louis encephalitis

Indexed keywords

CULEX NIGRIPALPUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; GALLUS GALLUS; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; EGG LAYING; EPIDEMIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CULEX; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, ST. LOUIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 0033094054     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.2.176     Document Type: Article

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