Overwintering biology of culex (diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes in the sacramento Valley of California

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 773-790

  Nelms, Brittany M ^a   MacEdo, Paula A ^b   Kothera, Linda ^c   Savage, Harry M ^c   Reisen, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Sacramento Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

degree day; diapause; molestus; quiescence; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECUS; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VERO CELL; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CULEX; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERO CELLS; VIRAL PLAQUE ASSAY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84880403477     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME12280     Document Type: Article

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