Intensity and Site of Plagiorchis elegans (Trematoda: Plagiorchiidae) Infections in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Larvae Affect the Attractiveness of Their Waters to Ovipositing, Conspecific Females

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 920-923

  Zahiri, Nayer ^a   Rau, Manfred E ^a   Lewis, David J ^a   Khanizadeh, Shahrokh ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Oviposition; Plagiorchis elegans

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; PLAGIORCHIIDAE; PLAGIORCHIS ELEGANS; TREMATODA;

EID: 0005134868     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.4.920     Document Type: Article

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