Estimation of dispersal distances of Culex erraticus in a focus of eastern equine encephalitis virus in the southeastern United States

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 977-986

  Estep, Laura K ^a   Burkett Cadena, Nathan D ^a   Hill, Geoffrey E ^a   Unnasch, Robert S ^b   Unnasch, Thomas R ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sound Science LLC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex erraticus; Eastern equine encephalitis; GIS based modeling; insect dispersal; larval habitat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; DEMOGRAPHY; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CULEX; DEMOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, EASTERN EQUINE; FEMALE; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES;

CULEX ERRATICUS; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; EQUIDAE; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78649339895     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10056     Document Type: Article

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