Host-feeding pattern of Culex quinquefasciatus Say and Mansonia annulifera (Theobald) (Diptera: Culicidae), the major vectors of filariasis in a rural area of South India

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 442-446

  Philip Samuel, P ^a   Arunachalam, N ^a   Hiriyan, J ^a   Thenmozhi, V ^a   Gajanana, A ^b   Satyanarayana, K ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Culex; Mansonioides; Mosquito feeding pattern

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; MALVACEAE; MANSONIA;

EID: 2542619980     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-41.3.442     Document Type: Article

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