Mosquito surveillance for prevention and control of emerging mosquito-borne diseases in Portugal — 2008–2014

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 11583-11596

  Osório, Hugo C ^a   Zé Zé, Líbia ^a   Amaro, Fátima ^a   Alves, Maria J ^a  

^a National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Flaviviruses; Invasive species; Mosquito; Portugal; REVIVE; Surveillance; Vector

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CULEX LONGIAREOLATA; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX THEILERI; CULISETA LONGIAREOLATA; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOSQUITO; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MOSQUITO SURVEILLANCE; MOSQUITO VECTOR; NONHUMAN; OCHLEROTATUS CASPIUS; PORTUGAL; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 85012826944     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph111111583     Document Type: Article

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