Horse-, bird-, and human-seeking behavior and seasonal abundance of mosquitoes in a West Nile virus focus of Southern France

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 936-946

  Balenghien, T ^a   Fouque, F ^b   Sabatier, P ^a   Bicout, D J ^a  

^a VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^b ENVL/Institut Pasteur   (France)

Author keywords

Camargue; Host baited collections; Mosquito potential vectors; West Nile fever

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HORSE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TIME; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HORSES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AEDES VEXANS; ANOPHELES HYRCANUS; ANOPHELES MACULIPENNIS; AVES; CULEX PIPIENS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; OCHLEROTATUS CASPIUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33750959572     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[936:HBAHBA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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