Evaluation of caribbean strains of Macrocyclops and Mesocyclops (Cyclopoida: Cyclopidae) as biological control tools for the dengue vector Aedes aegypti

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-23

  Rawlins, S C ^a   Martinez, R ^a   Wiltshire, S ^a   Clarke, D ^a   Prabhakar, P ^a   Spinks, M ^a  

^a Caribbean Epidemiology Centre   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CENTRAL AMERICA; CRUSTACEA; CULEX; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; LARVA; METHODOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CRUSTACEA; CULEX; DENGUE; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031085359     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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