Host feeding pattern of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) and its role in transmission of West Nile virus in Harris County, Texas

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-81

  Molaei, Goudarz ^a   Andreadis, Theodore G ^a   Armstrong, Philip M ^a   Bueno Jr , Rudy ^b   Dennett, James A ^b   Real, Susan V ^b   Sargent, Chris ^b   Bala, Adilelkhidir ^b   Randle, Yvonne ^b   Guzman, Hilda ^c   Da Rosa, Amelia Travassos ^c   Wuithiranyagool, Taweesak ^b   Tesh, Robert B ^c  

^a The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b H County Pub Health/Environ Serv   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD; CAT; CROW; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DOG; DOVE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINCH; FLY; FOWL; GENE; HOST; MAMMAL; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPARROW; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRATE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ANIMAL; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY;

AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; CYANOCITTA; DIPTERA; DUMETELLA CAROLINENSIS; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; PASSER DOMESTICUS; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS; VERTEBRATA; WEST NILE VIRUS; ZENAIDA ASIATICA; ZENAIDA MACROURA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CATS; CULEX; DOGS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT VECTORS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; TEXAS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 34548807512     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.73     Document Type: Article

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