Mosquito fauna inhabiting water bodies in the urban environment of Córdoba city, Argentina, following a St. Louis encephalitis outbreak

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 401-409

  Pires, Diego A ^a   Gleiser, Raquel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Culicidae; Ground water; Larvae; Larval habitats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIC; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LARVA; MOSQUITO; VIROLOGY; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECOSYSTEM; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ARBOVIRUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 78751489020     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2010.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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