Effects of forced egg retention on the temporal progression of West Nile virus infection in culex pipiens quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 190-194

  Smartt, Chelsea T ^a   Richards, Stephanie L ^a   Anderson, Sheri L ^a   Vitek, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex; Egg retention; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOSQUITO; OVIPOSITION; VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OVIPARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CULEX; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; OVIPARITY; OVIPOSITION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 76649142759     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN09172     Document Type: Article

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