Winter biology of wetland mosquitoes at a focus of Eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus transmission in Alabama, USA

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 967-973

  Burkett Cadena, Nathan D ^a   White, Gregory S ^b   Eubanks, Micky D ^c   Unnasch, Thomas R ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

eastern equine encephalitis; mosquito; overwintering; winter emergence

Indexed keywords

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WETLAND;

ALABAMA; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CULICIDAE; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, EASTERN EQUINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, EQUINE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WETLANDS;

ALPHAVIRUS; ANOPHELES PUNCTIPENNIS; ARBOVIRUS; CULEX ERRATICUS; CULEX PECCATOR; CULEX TERRITANS; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; EQUIDAE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA; ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; TOGAVIRIDAE; URANOTAENIA SAPPHIRINA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 80052751644     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10265     Document Type: Article

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