New mosquito records of an area known for Japanese encephalitis hyperendemicity, Gorakhpur District, Uttar Pradesh, India

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Kanojia, P C ^a   Geevarghese, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Culex tritaeniorhynchus; Genera; Gorakhpur District; Japanese encephalitis; Mosquitoes; New records; Subgenera

Indexed keywords

AEDEOMYIA; COQUILLETTIDIA; CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCHUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; VERRALLINA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; INDIA; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MOSQUITO; OCHLEROTATUS; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; CULICIDAE; ECOLOGY; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; OCHLEROTATUS;

EID: 16444382553     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2005)21[1:NMROAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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