Host feeding pattern of Japanese encephalitis virus vector mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from Kuttanadu, Kerala, India

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 927-932

  Samuel, P Philip ^a   Arunachalam, N ^a   Hiriyan, J ^a   Tyagi, B K ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

Author keywords

Culex; Feeding pattern; Japanese encephalitis; Mansonioides

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INDIA; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS;

BOVIDAE; CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCHUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MANSONIOIDES; SUIDAE;

EID: 52749088092     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[927:HFPOJE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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