Toward the incrimination of epidemic vectors of eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus in Massachusetts: Abundance of mosquito populations at epidemic foci

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 479-492

  Moncayo, Abelardo C ^a,b   Edman, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Culicidae; Eastern equine encephalomyelitis; Epidemic foci

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EPIDEMIC; HORSE; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, EASTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, EQUINE; HORSES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MASSACHUSETTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0033254070     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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