Variation in adult longevity of Culex pipiens f. pipiens, vector of the West Nile Virus

Parasitology Research

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4315-4319

  Andreadis, S S ^a,b   Dimotsiou, O C ^a   Savopoulou Soultani, M ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult longevity; Culex pipiens complex; Sex; Temperature; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMAL; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CULEX; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LONGEVITY; MALE; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84919382776     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-4152-x     Document Type: Article

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