| mosquito and arbovirus surveillance in connecticut, 1991-1992. | a surveillance program for mosquito-borne arboviruses was conducted in connecticut following an epizootic of eastern equine encephalitis (eee) in horses and domestic birds during 1990. mosquito trapping was done weekly using co2-baited miniature light traps at 12 freshwater swamp sites that were located mostly in the southeastern portion of the state. trapping was conducted from june 27 to october 11, 1991 and from june 2 to september 30, 1992. totals of 7,435 (1991) and 13,912 (1992) adult fema ... | 1994 | 7707064 |
| isolation of jamestown canyon and snowshoe hare viruses (california serogroup) from aedes mosquitoes in western massachusetts. | three isolates of jamestown canyon virus and one isolate of snowshoe hare virus (california serogroup) were obtained from adult aedes females collected in western massachusetts in 1982. jamestown canyon virus was isolated from aedes abserratus/punctor once, and from aedes intrudens twice. snowshoe hare virus was isolated from aedes stimulans group mosquitoes. la crosse encephalitis (lac) virus was not isolated from 1,552 adult aedes triseriatus, nor from 22,557 aedes triseriatus larvae. however, ... | 1993 | 8350066 |
| mosquito surveillance for west nile virus in southeastern wisconsin--2002. | in 2001, west nile virus (wnv) was identified among dead american crows and bluejays in five counties in southeastern wisconsin. in response to the introduction of wnv, a pilot mosquito surveillance program was initiated in these five southeastern wisconsin counties during the summer of 2002. forty sites were selected for surveillance one night each week during a 17-week period. mosquitoes were collected in carbon dioxide-baited light traps and gravid traps. during the study period 31,419 mosqui ... | 2003 | 15931283 |
| blood feeding patterns of mosquitoes: random or structured? | abstract: | 2010 | 20205866 |
| the full genome sequence of three strains of jamestown canyon virus and their pathogenesis in mice or monkeys. | jamestown canyon virus (jcv), family bunyaviridae, is a mosquito-borne pathogen endemic in the united states and canada that can cause encephalitis in humans and is considered an emerging threat to public health. the virus is genetically similar to inkoo virus circulating in europe, suggesting that much of the northern hemisphere contains jcv or similar variants. | 2011 | 21435230 |
| host associations of mosquitoes at eastern equine encephalitis virus foci in connecticut, usa. | eastern equine encephalitis virus (eeev) is a highly pathogenic mosquito-borne arbovirus, with active transmission foci in freshwater hardwood swamps in eastern north america, where enzootic transmission is maintained between the ornithophilic mosquito, culiseta melanura, and wild passerine birds. the role of other locally abundant mosquito species in virus transmission and their associations with vertebrate hosts as sources of blood meals within these foci are largely unknown but are of importa ... | 2016 | 27577939 |
| the roles of mosquito and bird communities on the prevalence of west nile virus in urban wetland and residential habitats. | this study investigated the impacts of urban wetlands and their adjacent residential environments on the transmission dynamics of west nile virus (wnv) within the state of new jersey (usa). a working hypothesis was that urban wetlands decrease the local prevalence of wnv through the dilution effect from increased bird diversity, and through relative reductions in the numbers of competent avian host and mosquito species commonly associated with wnv. surveys of mosquito and bird communities were u ... | 0 | 25484570 |
| anthropogenic impacts on mosquito populations in north america over the past century. | the recent emergence and spread of vector-borne viruses including zika, chikungunya and dengue has raised concerns that climate change may cause mosquito vectors of these diseases to expand into more temperate regions. however, the long-term impact of other anthropogenic factors on mosquito abundance and distributions is less studied. here, we show that anthropogenic chemical use (ddt; dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) and increasing urbanization were the strongest drivers of changes in mosquito ... | 2016 | 27922001 |
| north american wetlands and mosquito control. | wetlands are valuable habitats that provide important social, economic, and ecological services such as flood control, water quality improvement, carbon sequestration, pollutant removal, and primary/secondary production export to terrestrial and aquatic food chains. there is disagreement about the need for mosquito control in wetlands and about the techniques utilized for mosquito abatement and their impacts upon wetlands ecosystems. mosquito control in wetlands is a complex issue influenced by ... | 2012 | 23222252 |
| genetic and morphological variation in three snow pool aedes mosquito species of the subgenus ochlerotatus (diptera: culicidae). | thirteen aedes hexodontus dyar populations from throughout the western united states were examined for genetic and morphological variation. analysis of allozyme frequencies at 16 loci revealed a pattern of genetic variation that formed a north-south cline across washington, oregon, and california in the number of alleles per locus, the percent of polymorphic loci, and the frequency of one allele of aconitase-1. comparison of the genetic profile of ae. hexodontus populations to two other widely d ... | 2000 | 11126548 |
| mosquitoes of west virginia: an update. | nineteen species of larval mosquitoes were collected from 209 sites in 47 of west virginia's 55 counties over a 7-month period (april-october) in 1992. aedes abserratus is recorded from the state for the first time. | 1994 | 7912257 |
| isolation of a california-group arbovirus from aedes abserratus (felt and young) in simsbury, connecticut. | | 1968 | 5652699 |