Blood-feeding patterns of the Culex pipiens complex in Sacramento and Yolo Counties, California

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 398-404

  Montgomery, Matthew J ^a   Thiemann, Tara ^a   Macedo, Paula ^b   Brown, David A ^b   Scott, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Sacramento Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex pipiens; mosquito feeding; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD; CATTLE; CULEX; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BLOOD; CALIFORNIA; CATTLE; CULEX; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; SEASONS;

AVES; BOVINAE; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; CULEX PIPIENS; EUPHAGUS CYANOCEPHALUS; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; PASSER DOMESTICUS; STURNELLA NEGLECTA; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS; VERTEBRATA; WEST NILE VIRUS; ZENAIDA MACROURA;

EID: 79952719092     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10067     Document Type: Article

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