Nocturnal activity of mosquitoes (diptera: Culicidae) in a West Nile virus focus in Connecticut

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1102-1108

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

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

^b The American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aedes vexans; Culex pipiens; Culex salinarius; Mosquito biting cycles; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; MOSQUITO; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONNECTICUT; CULICIDAE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AEDES CANTATOR; AEDES CINEREUS; AEDES VEXANS; COQUILLETTIDIA PERTURBANS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX SALINARIUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 36749074099     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[1102:NAOMDC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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