A geographical information system to manage mosquito and arbovirus surveillance and control data in the Coachella Valley of California

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 299-307

  Lothrop, H D ^a,b   Reisen, W K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Vector Control District ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coachella valley; Culex tarsalis; Geographical information system; Mosquito surveillance; Mosquito borne encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DISEASE CARRIER; MOSQUITO; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUSES; CALIFORNIA; CHICKENS; CULICIDAE; INSECT VECTORS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 0033194780     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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