Geographic distribution and relative abundance of the sibling vector species culex torrentium and culex pipiens in Sweden

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1383-1389

  Hesson, Jenny C ^a   Östman, Örjan ^a   Schäfer, Martina ^a,b   Lundström, Jan O ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Biological Mosquito Control Project   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abundance; Culex pipiens; Culex torrentium; Distribution; Sindbis virus; Sweden; Vectors; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CULEX; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX TORRENTIUM; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LARVA; LATITUDE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SWEDEN;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; CULEX; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

ARBOVIRUS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX TORRENTIUM; SINDBIS VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 80053634509     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0630     Document Type: Article

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