Higher mosquito production in low-income neighborhoods of baltimore and washington, DC: Understanding ecological drivers and mosquito-borne disease risk in temperate cities

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1505-1526

  LaDeau, Shannon L ^a   Leisnham, Paul T ^b   Biehler, Dawn ^c   Bodner, Danielle ^b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Culex pipiens; Income; Ipm; Mosquito; Urban; Vector

Indexed keywords

AEDES; AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AEDES JAPONICUS; AEDES TRISERIATUS; ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX RESTUANS; DISEASE CARRIER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HABITAT; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MOSQUITO BORNE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNITED STATES;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CULEX PIPIENS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84876790712     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10041505     Document Type: Article

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