Interrupted blood-feeding by Culiseta melanura (Diptera: Culicidae) on European starlings

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-66

  Hodgson, J Christina ^a   Spielman, Andrew ^a   Komar, Nicholas ^a,b   Krahforst, Christian F ^a,c   Wallace, Gordon T ^a,d   Pollack, Richard J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Off Coast Zone Mgmt   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Communal roosts; Culiseta melanura; Eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus; Reservoir host; Robin; Starling

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; RUBIDIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EUROPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INSECT BITE; MOSQUITO; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; CESIUM; CULICIDAE; EUROPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; RUBIDIUM; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 0035221770     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.1.59     Document Type: Article

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