Oviposition Attraction and Repellency of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) to Waters from Conspecific Larvae Subjected to Crowding, Confinement, Starvation, or Infection

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 782-787

  Zahiri, Nayer ^a   Rau, Manfred E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Attraction repellency; Crowding confinement; Infection; Oviposition; Starvation

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; PLAGIORCHIS ELEGANS;

FRESH WATER;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CROWDING; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; STARVATION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CROWDING; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; LARVA; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION DENSITY; STARVATION;

EID: 0032159974     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.5.782     Document Type: Article

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