Ecological characterization of the aquatic habitats of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in enzootic foci of Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis virus in western Venezuela

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 278-284

  Alfonzo, Dayaleth ^a   Grillet, Maria E ^a   Liria, Jonathan ^a   Navarro, Juan Carlos ^a   Weaver, Scott C ^b   Barrera, Roberto ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

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

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Aquatic habitats; Mosquito ecology; Spatial distribution; Venezuela; Venezuelan equine encephalitis vectors

Indexed keywords

AEDES FULVUS; AEDES SERRATUS; ALPHAVIRUS; CULEX CORONATOR; CULEX ERRATICUS; CULEX PEDROI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; MANSONIA TITILLANS; PSOROPHORA; PSOROPHORA FEROX; URANOTAENIA; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 19444367409     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/42.3.278     Document Type: Article

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