Volume 31

December, 2006

Number 2


Contents



Infection of a goat with a tick-transmitted Ehrlichia from Georgia, U.S.A., that is closely related to Ehrlichia
ruminantium (PDF)

Amanda D. Loftis, Will K. Reeves, John P. Spurlock, Suman M. Mahan, Danielle R. Troughton, Gregory A. Dasch, and Michael L. Levin



Factors influencing the distribution of questing ticks and the prevalence estimation of T. parva infection in brown ear ticks in the Tanga region, Tanzania (PDF)

E.S. Swai, E.D. Karimuribo, E.A. Rugaimukamu, and D.M. Kambarage



A comparison of the intraspecific variability of Phlebotomus sergenti Parrot, 1917 (Diptera: Psychodidae) (PDF)

V. Dvorak, A.M. Aytekin, B. Alten, S. Skarupova, J. Votypka, and P. Volf



Biometrical analysis of the common tick, Ixodes ricinus, in the Ślęża Massif (Lower Silesia, Poland) (PDF)

Dorota Kiewra and Maciej Sobczyñski    

           


Dynamics of immature stages of Anopheles arabiensis and other mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) in
relation to rice cropping in a rice agro-ecosystem in Kenya (PDF)

Joseph Mwangangi, Josephat Shililu, Ephantus Muturi, Weidong Gu, Charles Mbogo,Ephantus Kabiru, Benjamin Jacob, John Githure, and Robert Novak



Trophic behavior and biting activity of the two sibling species of the Anopheles minimus complex in western Thailand (PDF)

Sungsit Sungvornyothin, Vithee Muenvorn, Claire Garros, Sylvie Manguin, Atchariya Prabaripai, Michael J. Bangs, and Theeraphap Chareonviriyaphap



Response of Tabanidae (Diptera) to different natural attractants (PDF)

Stjepan Krčmar, Alma Mikuska, and Enrih Merdić



Susceptibility and avoidance behavior by Culex quinquefasciatus Say to three classes of residual insecticides (PDF)

Sunaiyana Sathantriphop, Chitapa Ketavan, Atchariya Prabaripai, Suraphon Visetson, Michael J. Bangs, Pongthep Akratanakul, and Theeraphap Chareonviriyaphap



Geographic differentiation of life table attributes among Anopheles sacharovi (Diptera: Culicidae) populations
in Turkey (PDF)

Hatice Yurttas and Bulent Alten



Physiological state of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti mosquitoes captured with MosquiTRAPstm in Mirassol, São Paulo, Brazil (PDF)

Eliane A. Fávaro, Margareth R. Dibo, Adriano Mondini, Aline C. Ferreira, Angelita A.C. Barbosa, Álvaro E. Eiras, Eudina A.M.F. Barata, and Francisco Chiaravalloti-Neto



Analysis of the potential for survival and seasonal activity of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in the United Kingdom (PDF)

Jolyon M. Medlock, David Avenell, Iain Barrass, and Steve Leach



Effects of dairy wastewater on mosquitoes in Southern California (PDF)

Lal S. Mian



The effect of host type on movement patterns of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) into and out of experimental huts in Thailand (PDF)

Wannapa Suwonkerd, Piti Mongkalangoon, Atchariya Parbaripai, John Grieco, Nicole Achee, Donald Roberts, and Theeraphap Chareonviriyaphap



Urban agricultural land use and characterization of mosquito larval habitats in a medium-sized town of Côte d’Ivoire (PDF)

Barbara Matthys, Eliézer K. N’Goran, Moussa Koné, Benjamin G. Koudou, Penelope Vounatsou, Guéladio Cissé, Andres B. Tschannen, Marcel Tanner, and Jürg Utzinger



Factors affecting mosquito production from stormwater drains and catch basins in two Florida cities (PDF)

Jorge R. Rey, George F. O’Meara, Sheila M. O’Connell, and Michele M. Cutwa-Francis


 

Parasitoid-induced behavioral alterations of Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae infected with mermithid nematodes (Nematoda: Mermithidae) (PDF)

Megan R. Wise de Valdez



Abundance patterns of two Oropsylla (Ceratophyllidae: Siphonaptera) species on black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) hosts (PDF)

R. Jory Brinkerhoff, Amelia B. Markeson, Jason H. Knouft, Kenneth L. Gage, and John A. Montenieri       



Assessing peridomestic entomological factors as predictors for Lyme disease (PDF)

Neeta P. Connally, Howard S. Ginsberg, and Thomas N. Mather



Differences in performance of Aedes aegypti larvae raised at different densities in tires and ovitraps under field conditions in Argentina (PDF)

Arnaldo Maciá  



Comparative demography of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae) at constant temperatures (PDF)

Ozge Erisoz Kasap and Bulent Alten



Serologic survey of Eptesicus fuscus from Georgia, U.S.A. for Rickettsia and Borrelia and laboratory transmission of a Rickettsia by bat ticks (PDF)

Will K. Reeves, Daniel G. Streicker, Amanda D. Loftis, and Gregory A. Dasch



Aedes aegypti survival and dengue transmission patterns in French Guiana (PDF)

Florence Fouque, Romuald Carinci, Pascal Gaborit, Jean Issaly, Dominique J. Bicout, and Philippe Sabatier


 

Influence of soil quality in the larval habitat on development of Anopheles gambiae Giles (PDF)

O. Pfaehler, D.O. Oulo, L.C. Gouagna, J. Githure, and P.M. Guerin



Morphology and electrophoretic protein profiles of female salivary glands in four Oriental black fly species (Diptera: Simuliidae) (PDF)

Narissara Jariyapan, Hiroyuki Takaoka, Wej Choochote, Yong Poovorawan, Yasushi Otsuka, Atchariya Jitpakdi, and Anuluck Junkum



Response of nymphal Ixodes scapularis, the primary tick vector of Lyme disease spirochetes in North America, to barriers derived from wood products or related home and garden items (PDF)

Joseph Piesman



Scientific Notes




The peridomiciliar sand fly fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) in areas of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Além Paraíba, Minas Gerais, Brazil (PDF)

Reginaldo P. Brazil, Wagner Lança Passos, Andressa A. Fuzari,  Alda L. Falcão, and José Dilermando Andrade Filho


 

New records of immature Ixodes scapularis from Mississippi (PDF)

Jerome Goddard and Joseph Piesman



Seasonal variation in susceptibility to West Nile virus infection in Culex pipiens pipiens (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) from San Joaquin County, California (PDF)

Rajeev Vaidyanathan and Thomas W. Scott


 

Correction


A printing error in JVE 31 (1): 58-64 eliminated some characters in the article. The corrected version appears here. (PDF)



The status and seasonal changes of organophosphate and pyrethroid resistance in Turkish populations of the house fly, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae) (PDF)

M. M. Akiner and S. S. Çağlar