A fitness advantage for Aedes aegypti and the viruses it transmits when females feed only on human blood

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 235-239

  Scott, Thomas W ^a   Naksathit, Amara ^b   Day, Jonathan F ^c   Kittayapong, Pattamaporn ^b   Edman, John D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ADOLESCENT; AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FETUS; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE TABLE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030816686     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.235     Document Type: Article

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