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Terrestrial vegetation and aquatic chemistry influence larval mosquito abundance in catch basins, Chicago, USA

BACKGROUND: An important determinant of mosquito-borne pathogen transmission is the spatial distribution of vectors. The primary vectors of West Nile virus (WNV) in Illinois are Culex pipiens Linnaeus (Diptera: Culicidae) and Culex restuans Theobald. In urban environments, these mosquitoes commonly...

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Autores principales: Gardner, Allison M, Anderson, Tavis K, Hamer, Gabriel L, Johnson, Dana E, Varela, Kate E, Walker, Edward D, Ruiz, Marilyn O
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3549783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23311394
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-9