Biting Rates and Developmental Substrates for Biting Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Iquitos, Peru

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 807-812

  Mercer, David R ^a,b   Spinelli, Gustavo R ^a,c   Watts, Douglas M ^a,d   Tesh, Robert B ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^c Instituto de Limnologia Dr Raul A Ringuelet   (Argentina)

^d Virology Program   (Peru)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Biting rates; Developmental substrates; Host seeking; Oropouche virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS; ARECACEAE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CITRUS; CULICOIDES PARAENSIS; DIPTERA; MAURITIA FLEXUOSA; MUSA; MUSA X PARADISIACA; MUSACEAE; MYRTACEAE; OROPOUCHE VIRUS; SYZYGIUM; SYZYGIUM MALACCENSE;

EID: 1642447810     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.6.807     Document Type: Article

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