Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) captured in the Iquitos area of Peru

A mosquito capture program was initiated to study mosquito species and their potential for arboviral transmission in the Peruvian Amazon. More than 35,000 mosquitoes of 13 different genera and at least 25 species were captured in urban and sylvan sites in the Iquitos area. These findings represent t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of medical entomology 1993-05, Vol.30 (3), p.634-638
Hauptverfasser:	Need, J.T. (Navy Disease Vector Ecology and Control Center, Jacksonville, FL), Rogers, E.J, Phillips, I.A, Falcon, R, Fernandez, R, Carbajal, F, Quintana, J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals arbovirus Arbovirus Infections - transmission Biological and medical sciences CARACTERISTICAS DEL SITIO CAZA CON TRAMPA CIENCIAS MEDICAS CULICIDAE Culicidae - classification Diptera ENTOMOLOGIA ENTOMOLOGIE FACTEUR LIE AU SITE Freshwater Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Insect Vectors - classification Invertebrates Medically important nuisances and vectors, pests of stored products and materials: population survey and control PEROU PERU PIEGEAGE DES ANIMAUX SCIENCES MEDICALES Tropical medicine VECTEUR DE MALADIE VECTORES Vectors. Intermediate hosts VIRUS ZOONOSE ZOONOSIS
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Zusammenfassung:	A mosquito capture program was initiated to study mosquito species and their potential for arboviral transmission in the Peruvian Amazon. More than 35,000 mosquitoes of 13 different genera and at least 25 species were captured in urban and sylvan sites in the Iquitos area. These findings represent the first published list of Peruvian mosquitoes since 1971 and the first such list from the Peruvian Amazon
ISSN:	0022-2585 1938-2928
DOI:	10.1093/jmedent/30.3.634