Effect of female size on fecundity and survivorship of Aedes aegypti fed only human blood versus human blood plus sugar

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 148-152

  Naksathit, Amara T ^a,b   Scott, Thomas W ^a,c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Blood feeding; Fitness; Mosquito; Size; Teneral

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY CONSTITUTION; DIET; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BLOOD; BODY CONSTITUTION; DIET; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; OVIPOSITION; SUCROSE;

EID: 0032087314     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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