Increased fecundity of Aedes aegypti fed human blood before release in a mark-recapture study in Puerto Rico

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 98-104

  Morrison, Amy C ^a   Costero, Adriana ^a,b   Edman, John D ^c   Clark, Gary G ^d   Scott, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Fecundity; Fitness; Gonotrophic cycle; Mark release recapture; Puerto Rico; Sugar feeding; Survival

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PUERTO RICO;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0033144565     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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