Host-feeding patterns of Culex pipiens and other potential mosquito vectors (Diptera: Culicidae) of West Nile Virus (Flaviviridae) collected in Portugal

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 717-721

  Osório, Hugo Costa ^a   Zé Zé, Líbia ^a   Alves, Maria João ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Culex pipiens; mosquito bloodmeal identification; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; PORTUGAL; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST SPECIFICITY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; PORTUGAL; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES MACULIPENNIS; AVES; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX THEILERI; CULICIDAE; CULISETA ANNULATA; CULISETA LONGIAREOLATA; DIPTERA; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; MAMMALIA; OCHLEROTATUS CASPIUS; OCHLEROTATUS DETRITUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84861156885     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11184     Document Type: Article

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