Human-induced expanded distribution of Anopheles plumbeus, experimental vector of West Nile Virus and a potential vector of human Malaria in Belgium

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 924-928

  Dekoninck, W ^a,b   Hendrickx, F ^a,b   Van Bortel, W ^c   Versteirt, V ^c   Coosemans, M ^c   Damiens, D ^d   Hance, T ^d   De Clercq, E M ^e   Hendrickx, G ^e   Schaffner, F ^d,f   Grootaert, P ^a  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d AVIA GIS   (Belgium)

^e EARTH AND LIFE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anopheles plumbeus; Culicidae; habitat shift; larval collection; outbreaks

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BELGIUM; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; POPULATION GROWTH; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANOPHELES PLUMBEUS; CULICIDAE; SUIDAE; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 79960485140     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10235     Document Type: Article

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