Between-group transmission dynamics of the swallow bug, Oeciacus vicarius

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 137-143

  Brown, Charles R ^a   Brown, Mary Bomberger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Buggy Creek virus; Cliff swallow; Coloniality; Parasite transmission; Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Indexed keywords

ALPHA VIRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEMIPTERA; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ALPHAVIRUS; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; HEMIPTERA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS;

BUGGY CREEK VIRUS; CIMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; OECIACUS VICARIUS; PETROCHELIDON PYRRHONOTA; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 22144446059     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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