Biting activity of mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Turkey-armenia border area, ararat valley, Turkey

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-27

  Aldemir, Adnan ^a   Bedir, Hilal ^a   Demirci, Berna ^a,b   Alten, Bulent ^a,b  

^a KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ararat Valley; Biting activity; Human bait; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARMENIA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AEDES; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ARMENIA; CULEX; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; TURKEY;

AEDES DORSALIS; ANOPHELES HYRCANUS; ANOPHELES MACULIPENNIS; COQUILLETTIDIA RICHIARDII; CULEX TERRITANS; CULEX THEILERI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 75149191542     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.047.0103     Document Type: Article

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