Evaluation of a novel emergence trap to study culex mosquitoes in urban catch basins

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 142-147

  Hamer, Gabriel L ^a,b   Kelly, Patrick H ^b   Focks, Dana A ^c   Goldberg, Tony L ^a   Walker, Edward D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catch basins; Culex pipiens; emergence trap; production; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHICAGO; CULEX; ENTOMOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CULEX PIPIENS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 79959437106     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/10-6090.1     Document Type: Article

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