Effect of fenthion treatment on larval densities of insecticide-resistant Culex quinquefasciatus in an urban area of Sri Lanka

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 283-287

  Peiris, H T R ^a   Hemingway, J ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bancroftian filariasis; Cules quinquefasciatus; esterase; fenthion; filariasis control; larval habitat; larvicide; mosquito larvae; organophosphate resistance; resistance management; soakage pits; Sri Lanka; vector control

Indexed keywords

FENTHION; FILARIASIS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; LARVICIDE; MOSQUITO; MOSQUITO POPULATION; VECTOR CONTROL;

SRI LANKA, DEHIWELA;

CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0030302107     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1996.tb00744.x     Document Type: Article

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