Natural survivorship of immature stages of Culex vishnui (Diptera: Culicidae) complex, vectors of Japanese encephalitis virus, in rice fields in Southern India

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-191

  Sunish, I P ^a   Reuben, R ^a   Rajendran, R ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Culex vishnui; Development; Japanese encephalitis; Survival; Vector

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIA; INSECT; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; LARVA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RICE; SEASON; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CULEX; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; ORYZA SATIVA; PUPA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

CHLOROPHYTA; CULEX VISHNUI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; NOTONECTIDAE; ORYZA;

EID: 33751002084     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)043[0185:NSOISO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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