Host-seeking activity and avian host preferences of mosquitoes associated with West Nile virus transmission in the Northeastern U.S.A.

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-74

  Suom, Channsotha ^a,b   Ginsberg, Howard S ^a   Bernick, Andrew ^a,c   Klein, Coby ^a   Buckley, P A ^a   Salvatore, Christa ^a   Lebrun, Roger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Norfolk County Mosquito Control Project   (United States)

^c AKRF Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Blood meal; Control; Culex; Mosquites; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CULICIDAE; UNITED STATES; WEST NILE FEVER;

AEDES TAENIORHYNCHUS; ARBOVIRUS; AVES; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; CAROLINENSIS; DUMETELLA CAROLINENSIS; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 77952066173     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2010.00060.x     Document Type: Article

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