Climatic and landscape correlates for potential West Nile virus mosquito vectors in the Seattle region

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-28

  Pecoraro, Heidi L ^a   Day, Heather L ^b   Reineke, Robert ^a   Stevens, Nathan ^b   Withey, John C ^a   Marzluff, John M ^a   Meschke, J Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic correlates; Culex; Mosquito abundance; West nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSQUITO; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; CULICIDAE; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT VECTORS; TEMPERATURE; WASHINGTON; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 34848906284     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710(2007)32[22:CALCFP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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