Did the Sterile Insect Technique or Weather Eradicate Screwworms (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from Libya?

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 877-887

  Krafsur, E S ^a   Lindquist, D A ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cochliomyia hominivorax; Libya; Screwworm eradication; Sterile insect technique

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CALLIPHORIDAE; COCHLIOMYIA HOMINIVORAX; DIPTERA; INSECTA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTRACEPTION; FLY; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE; WEATHER;

EID: 0030276980     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.6.877     Document Type: Review

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