Host-feeding patterns of Culex mosquitoes in relation to trap habitat

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1921-1923

  Patrican, Lisa A ^a,d   Hackett, Laura E ^a,e   Briggs, James E ^a   McGowan, Jay W ^a   Unnasch, Thomas R ^b   Lee, Joon Hak ^c,f  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c State of New York Department of Health   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e State of New York Department of Health   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STORM WATER;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CULEX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37049012290     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1312.070275     Document Type: Article

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