Discovery, distribution, and abundance of the newly introduced mosquito Ochlerotatus japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Connecticut, USA

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 774-779

  Andreadis, Theodore G ^a   Anderson, John F ^a   Munstermann, Leonard E ^a,b   Wolfe, Roger J ^a,c   Florin, David A ^a,d  

^a Connecticut Agric Exp Station ^*  (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Franklin WMA   (United States)

^d Naval Ambulatory Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Connecticut; Distribution; First record; Mosquito; Ochlerotatus japonicus

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FLAVIVIRUS; OCHLEROTATUS ATROPALPUS; OCHLEROTATUS JAPONICUS; OCHLEROTATUS JAPONICUS JAPONICUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARVA; MOSQUITO; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL; CONNECTICUT; CULICIDAE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARVA; POPULATION DENSITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0035514818     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.6.774     Document Type: Article

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