Combined sewage overflows (CSO) are major urban breeding sites for Culex quinquefasciatus in Atlanta, Georgia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 478-484

  Calhoun, Lisa M ^a   Avery, Melissa ^a   Jones, LeeAnn ^a   Gunarto, Karina ^a   King, Raymond ^a   Roberts, Jacquelin ^a   Burkot, Thomas R ^a   Fox, Melissa ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); SEWAGE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; ANIMAL; CITY; CULEX; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

ANOPHELES PUNCTIPENNIS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX RESTUANS;

ANIMALS; CITIES; CULEX; GEORGIA; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35748929084     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.478     Document Type: Article

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