Survival of starved Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in Puerto Rico and Thailand

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 272-276

  Costero, Adriana ^a,b   Edman, John D ^c   Clark, Gary G ^b   Kittayapong, Pattamaporn ^d   Scott, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Puerto Rico; Survival; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DENGUE VIRUS; DIPTERA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PUERTO RICO; THAILAND;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PUERTO RICO; THAILAND;

EID: 0033125736     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.3.272     Document Type: Article

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