Seasonal pattern of daily activity of Aedes caspius, Aedes detritus, Culex modestus, and Culex pipiens in the Po Delta of northern Italy and significance for vector-borne disease risk assessment

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-61

  Veronesi, Rodolfo ^a   Gentile, Gregorio ^a   Carrieri, Marco ^a   MacCagnani, Bettina ^a   Stermieri, Luisa ^a   Bellini, Romeo ^a  

^a Centro Agricoltura Ambiente G Nicoli   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aedes; Arbovirus; CO2 traps; Culex; Flight pattern; Human Landing Collection

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUSES; CULEX; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ITALY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS;

ARBOVIRUS; CULEX PIPIENS; OCHLEROTATUS CASPIUS; OCHLEROTATUS DETRITUS;

EID: 84860431551     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2012.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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