Temporal and geographic genetic variation in Culex nigripalpus theobald (Culicidae: Diptera), a vector of St. Louis encephalitis virus, from Florida

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 854-860

  Nayar, Jai K ^a,b   Knight, J W ^a,b   Munstermann, L E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex nigripalpus; Culicidae; Diptera; Florida; Geographic variation; Isozyme electrophoresis; Mosquitoes; Population genetics; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

CULEX NIGRIPALPUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CULEX; ENCEPHALITIS, ST. LOUIS; FLORIDA; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT VECTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 0036835895     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.6.854     Document Type: Article

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