Climate-based models for West Nile Culex mosquito vectors in the Northeastern US

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 435-446

  Gong, Hongfei ^a   DeGaetano, Arthur T ^a   Harrington, Laura C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate based; Culex pipiens; Culex restuans; Mosquito; Population model; Vector borne disease control; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK FACTOR; TIME; UNITED STATES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; CULEX; CULICIDAE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MARYLAND; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEW JERSEY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ARBOVIRUS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX RESTUANS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 79955007128     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-010-0354-9     Document Type: Article

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