Seasonal abundance of four Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) at Al-Ahsa oasis, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 115-122

  Abu Elzein, E M E ^a   Hilali, M A ^a   Al Afaleq, A I ^a   Mellor, P S ^a   Boorman, J ^a   Al Atiya, S ^a   Al Naiem, A ^a  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arboviruses; Culicoides; Saudi Arabia; Seasonal abundance

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES NEWSTAEDI; CULICOIDES SCHULTZEI; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CARRIER; FLY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NONHUMAN; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; DIPTERA;

EID: 0036618545     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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