The invasive mosquito aedes japonicus in central Europe

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 448-451

  Schaffner, F ^a   Kaufmann, C ^a   Hegglin, D ^a   Mathis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aedes; Culicidae; Europe; Germany; Invasion; Larva; Switzerland; Vector

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

DISEASE VECTOR; INVASIVE SPECIES; LARVA; MOSQUITO; VIRUS;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWITZERLAND;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWITZERLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

ARBOVIRUS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; OCHLEROTATUS JAPONICUS; OCHLEROTATUS JAPONICUS JAPONICUS;

EID: 70450239756     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2009.00825.x     Document Type: Article

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