Epizootiology of Hyalinocysta chapmani (Microsporidia: Thelohaniidae) infections in field populations of Culiseta melanura (Diptera: Culicidae) and Orthocyclops modestus (Copepoda: Cyclopidae): A three-year investigation

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 114-121

  Andreadis, Theodore G ^a  

^a Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Copepod; Culiseta melanura; Epizootiology; Horizontal transmission; Hyalinocysta chapmani; Microsporidia; Mosquito; Orthocyclops modestus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COPEPOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; COPEPODA; CULICIDAE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; SEASONS;

COPEPODA; CULICIDAE; CULISETA; CULISETA MELANURA; CYCLOPIDAE; DIPTERA; HYALINOCYSTA CHAPMANI; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; ORTHOCYCLOPS MODESTUS; THELOHANIIDAE;

EID: 0036436557     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2011(02)00154-4     Document Type: Article

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