Spatial dispersion of adult mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in a sylvatic focus of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 813-821

  Méndez, Wilmer ^a   Liria, Jonathan ^a   Navarro, Juan Carlos ^a   García, Carmen Z ^a   Freier, Jerome E ^b   Salas, Rosalba ^c   Weaver, Scott C ^d   Barrera, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c Instituto Nacional de Higiene Rafael Rangel   (Venezuela)

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

Author keywords

Culicidae; Dispersion; Habitats; Venezuelan equine encephalitis; Virus transport

Indexed keywords

AEDES SERRATUS; ALPHAVIRUS; CINGULATA; CULEX NIGRIPALPUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; MANSONIA TITILLANS; PSOROPHORA FEROX; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CARRIER; MOSQUITO; VENEZUELA; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS;

AEDES; ANIMAL; CULEX; CULICIDAE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; INSECT VECTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0035515585     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.6.813     Document Type: Article

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