Mosquito vectors of dog heartworm in the United States: Vector status and factors influencing transmission efficiency

Topics in Companion Animal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 178-185

  Ledesma, Nicholas ^a   Harrington, Laura ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dirofilaria immitis; Heartworm; Mosquito; United States; Vector

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; INSECT VECTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83055169575     PISSN: 19389736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.tcam.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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