West Nile virus from female and male mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in subterranean, ground, and canopy habitats in Connecticut

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1010-1019

  Anderson, John F ^a   Andreadis, Theodore G ^a   Main, Andy J ^b   Ferrandino, Francis J ^a   Vossbrinck, Charles R ^a  

^a Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aedes vexans; Culex pipiens; Culex restuans; Culex salinarius; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULEX; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CONNECTICUT; CULEX; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; OVARY; TIME FACTORS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AEDES CANTATOR; AEDES CINEREUS; AEDES VEXANS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX RESTUANS; CULEX SALINARIUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; OCHLEROTATUS TRISERIATUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33750960902     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[1010:WNVFFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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