A multi-year study of mosquito feeding patterns on avian hosts in a Southeastern focus of Eastern equine encephalitis virus

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 718-726

  Estep, Laura K ^a   McClure, Christopher J W ^a   Burkett Cadena, Nathan D ^a   Hassan, Hassan K ^b   Hicks, Tyler L ^c   Unnasch, Thomas R ^b   Hill, Geoffrey E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; CULEX ERRATICUS; CULISETA MELANURA; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; ECOLOGY; MIMUS POLYGLOTTIS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POECILE CAROLINENSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRIX VARIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ALABAMA; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CULEX; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, EASTERN EQUINE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; CULEX ERRATICUS; CULISETA MELANURA; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; EQUIDAE; MIMUS; MIMUS POLYGLOTTOS; PARUS CAROLINENSIS; STRIX VARIA; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS;

EID: 79958700006     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0586     Document Type: Article

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