Effect of La Crosse virus infection on insemination rates in female Aedes triseriatus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 850-852

  Gabitzsch, E S ^a   Blair, C D ^a   Beaty, B J ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes triseriatus; La Crosse virus; Mating

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; LA CROSSE VIRUS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; INSEMINATION; LA CROSSE VIRUS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; LA CROSSE VIRUS; OCHLEROTATUS TRISERIATUS;

EID: 33750959370     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[850:EOLCVI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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