Seasonality and time of host-seeking activity of Culex tarsalis and floodwater Aedes in northern Colorado, 2006-2007

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-159

  Godsey Jr , Marvin S ^a   Burkhalter, Kristen ^a   Delorey, Mark ^a   Savage, Harry M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

control; Culex tarsalis; floodwater Aedes; host seeking; seasonality

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AEDES; ANIMALS; COLORADO; CULEX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

AEDES VEXANS; CULEX TARSALIS;

EID: 77953830342     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/09-5966.1     Document Type: Article

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