Surveillance of the mosquito Aedes aegypti and its biocontrol with the copepod Mesocyclops aspericornis in Australian wells and gold mines

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-160

  Russell, B M ^a   Muir, L E ^a   Weinstein, P ^b   Kay, B H ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Australia; Breeding sites; Dengue; Gold mines; Mesocyclops aspericornis; Mosquito surveillance; Queensland; Wells

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; COPEPODA; DENGUE VIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS TYPE 2; MESOCYCLOPS ASPERICORNIS; ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

GOLD;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; DISEASE VECTOR;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CRUSTACEA; MINING; WATER SUPPLY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CRUSTACEA; GOLD; MINING; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, CHARTERS TOWERS;

EID: 0030114721     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1996.tb00722.x     Document Type: Article

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