Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association (1999) 15, 479-492

A.C. Moncayo and J.D. Edman (1999)
Toward the incrimination of epidemic vectors of eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus in Massachusetts: Abundance of mosquito populations at epidemic foci
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 15 (4), 479-492
Abstract: Putative epidemic/epizootic eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus (EEE) vector populations were compared at 15 recent (1982-90) human and horse case sites in Bristol and Plymouth counties in south-eastern Massachusetts. Carbon dioxide-baited American Biophysics Corporation light traps were used for trapping adult mosquitoes to estimate biting risk in these foci of known transmission. Population data suggest that Coquillettidia perturbans, Aedes canadensis, and Culex salinarius are more likely vectors of EEE in Massachusetts than Aedes vexans, Anopheles punctipennis, and Anopheles quadrimaculatus.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Culex salinarius		U.S.A. (NE)
	Anopheles quadrimaculatus		U.S.A. (NE)
	Anopheles punctipennis		U.S.A. (NE)
	Aedes canadensis		U.S.A. (NE)
	Aedes vexans		U.S.A. (NE)
	Coquillettidia perturbans		U.S.A. (NE)