Socioeconomic status affects mosquito (diptera: Culicidae) larval habitat type availability and infestation level

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 764-772

  Dowling, Zara ^a   Ladeau, Shannon L ^b   Armbruster, Peter ^c   Biehler, Dawn ^d   Leisnham, Paul T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; LARVA; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; LARVA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84880401657     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME12250     Document Type: Article

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