Oviposition Responses of Aedes aegypti and Ae. atropalpus (Diptera: Culicidae) Females to Waters from Conspecific and Heterospecific Normal Larvae and from Larvae Infected with Plagiorchis elegans (Trematoda: Plagiorchiidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 565-568

  Zahiri, Nayer ^a   Rau, Manfred E ^a   Lewis, David J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Aedes atropalpus; Attractant; Oviposition; Plagiorchis elegans infection; Repellent

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; OCHLEROTATUS ATROPALPUS; PLAGIORCHIIDAE; PLAGIORCHIS ELEGANS; TREMATODA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREMATODE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CULEX; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; OVIPOSITION; TREMATODA;

EID: 0031228453     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.5.565     Document Type: Article

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