Feeding patterns of potential West Nile virus vectors in South-West Spain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Muñoz, Joaquín ^a   Ruiz, Santiago ^b   Soriguer, Ramón ^a   Alcaide, Miguel ^a,c   Viana, Duarte S ^a   Roiz, David ^a   Vázquez, Ana ^d   Figuerola, Jordi ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Control de Mosquitos   (Spain)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; CULEX; CULEX MODESTUS; CULEX PEREXIGUUS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX THEILERI; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST SELECTION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CULEX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT VECTORS; SPAIN; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84862658494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039549     Document Type: Article

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