Seasonal abundance of Culex nigripalpus Theobald and Culex salinarius Coquillett in north Florida, USA

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 155-162

  Zyzak, Michael ^a   Loyless, Tom ^b   Cope, Stanton ^c   Wooster, Mark ^d,f   Day, Jonathan F ^e  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Florida State Department of Health   (United States)

^c Naval Institute for Dental and Biomedical Research   (United States)

^d US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Arboviral transmission; Culex nigripalpus; Culex salinarius; St. Louis encephalitis virus; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CULEX; ENCEPHALITIS, ST. LOUIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, EASTERN EQUINE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLORIDA; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 0036598892     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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