Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) dispersal: Implications for the epidemiology of Japanese and Murray Valley encephalitis viruses in Australia

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 797-801

  Kay, B H ^a   Farrow, R A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Culex annulirostris; Epidemiology; Japanese encephalitis; Mosquito dispersal; Murray Valley encephalitis

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MALE; MOSQUITO; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; AUSTRALIA; CULEX; CULICIDAE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, MURRAY VALLEY; ENCEPHALITIS, ARBOVIRUS; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE;

EID: 0034323796     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.6.797     Document Type: Article

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