Release of Romanomermis iyengari (Nematoda: Mermithidae) to Control Aedes taeniorhynchus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Punta del Este, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 680-682

  Mijares, Alberto Santamarina ^a,b   Avila, Israel García ^a   Rosales, José Rivera ^a   Montero, Angel Solís ^a  

^a Inst de Med Trop Pedro Kouri ^*  (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Aedes taeniorhynchus; Larval control; Romanomermis iyengari

Indexed keywords

AEDES TAENIORHYNCHUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; MERMITHIDAE; NEMATODA; ROMANOMERMIS;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CUBA; MERMITHOIDEA; PARASITOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CUBA; MERMITHOIDEA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030187238     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.4.680     Document Type: Article

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