| investigation of gray-headed flying foxes (pteropus poliocephalus) (megachiroptera: pteropodidae) and mosquitoes in the ecology of ross river virus in australia. | entomologic and virologic factors were investigated to determine whether gray-headed flying foxes (pteropus poliocephalus) from indooroopilly island, brisbane, australia could be vertebrate hosts of ross river (rr) virus. aedes funereus was the most abundant mosquito species with 6,300-38,700 females per light trap night in the flying fox camp containing gray-headed, black (p. alecto), and little red (p. scapulatus) flying foxes. sixteen ae. funereus blood meals from this collection were analyze ... | 1997 | 9347967 |