Effects of temperature and larval diet on development rates and survival of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti in north Queensland, Australia

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-37

  Tun Lin, W ^a,c   Burkot, T R ^a,d   Kay, B H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Div of Vectorborne Infect Dis ^*  (Myanmar)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Australia; Dengue vector; Development time; Environmental effects; Larval diet; Queensland; Survival rate; Temperature; Thermal constant; Wing length

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DENGUE; DIET; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARVA; MALE; MOSQUITO; TEMPERATURE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DENGUE; DIET; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; TEMPERATURE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0034124671     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2000.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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