Mosquitoes and west nile virus along a river corridor from prairie to montane habitats in Eastern Colorado

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 276-293

  Barker, Christopher M ^a   Bolling, Bethany G ^b   Black IV, William C ^b   Moore, Chester G ^b   Eisen, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes vexans; Colorado; Culex pipiens; Culex tarsalis; Gene flow; Vector Index; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

AEDES; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; COLORADO; CULEX; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVERS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AEDES VEXANS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX TARSALIS; CULISETA INORNATA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 75649125306     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/038.034.0214     Document Type: Article

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