Mosquitoes feeding on brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) and humans in a native forest-fragment in the Auckland region of New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 1266, 2007, Pages

  Derraik, José G B ^a,d   Ji, Weihong ^b   Slaney, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL FOOD; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FOREST; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TRICHOSURUS; VIRUS INFECTION; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT BITE; PARASITOLOGY; TREE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS; NEW ZEALAND; TREES; TRICHOSURUS;

EID: 37549056943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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