Weather and land cover influences on mosquito populations in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 669-679

  Chuang, Ting Wu ^a   Hildreth, Michael B ^a   Vanroekel, Denise L ^b   Wimberly, Michael C ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sioux Falls Health Department ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes vexans; Culex tarsalis; land cover; weather; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CULEX; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; POPULATION DENSITY; SOUTH DAKOTA; WEATHER; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AEDES VEXANS; CULEX TARSALIS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 79955944862     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10246     Document Type: Article

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