Seasonal and daily activity patterns of mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) vectors of pathogens in Northeastern Italy

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 56-62

  Montarsi, Fabrizio ^a   Mazzon, Luca ^b   Cazzin, Stefania ^a   Ciocchetta, Silvia ^a   Capelli, Gioia ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

daily activity; host seeking activity; mosquito borne pathogen; northeastern Italy; oviposition activity

Indexed keywords

AEDES VEXANS; ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES MACULIPENNIS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; CULISETA ANNULATA; DIPTERA; OCHLEROTATUS CASPIUS;

ANIMAL; CLIMATE; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; ITALY; MALE; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; ITALY; MALE; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84923328935     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jme/tju002     Document Type: Article

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