Evaluation of potential West Nile virus vectors in Volgograd Region, Russia, 2003 (Diptera: Culicidae): Species composition, bloodmeal host utilization, and virus infection rates of mosquitoes

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 552-563

  Fyodorova, Marina V ^a,b   Savage, Harry M ^c   Lopatina, Julia V ^b   Bulgakova, Tatyana A ^a   Ivanitsky, Alex V ^b   Platonova, Olga V ^a   Platonov, Alexander E ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloodmeal host utilization; Culex pipiens; Mosquito diversity; Volgograd; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

AEDES VEXANS; ANOPHELES MESSEAE; AVES; CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; OCHLEROTATUS CASPIUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; URBAN POPULATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; CULICIDAE; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; RUSSIA; URBAN POPULATION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33745250517     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[552:EOPWNV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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