Feeding behavior and spatial distribution of culex mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in wetland areas of the Czech Republic

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1097-1104

  Radrova, Jana ^a   Seblova, Veronika ^a   Votypka, Jan ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Culex; feeding preference; Rabensburg virus; spatial distribution; WNV

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CULEX; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WETLAND;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CULEX; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MAMMALS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; WETLANDS;

EID: 84884661983     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME13029     Document Type: Article

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