Host-feeding habits of Culex and other mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the borough of queens in New York City, with characters and techniques for identification of Culex mosquitoes

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 777-785

  Apperson, Charles S ^a   Harrison, Bruce A ^b   Unnasch, Thomas R ^c   Hassan, Hassan K ^c   Irby, William S ^d   Savage, Harry M ^e   Aspen, Stephen E ^e   Watson, D Wesley ^a   Rueda, Leopoldo M ^f,g   Engber, Barry R ^f   Nasci, Roger S ^e  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Environ and Nat Resources   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d Southern Arkansas University   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f 1631 Mail Service Center   (United States)

^g WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Blood feeding habits; Culex; Mosquitoes; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

AVES; CARDINALIS; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; COQUILLETTIDIA PERTURBANS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX SALINARIUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FLAVIVIRUS; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; TURDUS; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CULEX; CULICIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; NEW YORK CITY; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 0036730602     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.5.777     Document Type: Article

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