A Comparison Study of House Entering and Exiting Behavior of Anopheles vestitipennis (Diptera: Culicidae) Using Experimental Huts Sprayed with DDT or Deltamethrin in the Southern District of Toledo, Belize, C. A.

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 62-73

  Grieco, John P ^a   Achee, Nicole L ^a   Andre, Richard G ^a   Roberts, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Behavior; Belize; DDT; Deltamethrin

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; DELTAMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE; NITRILE; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BELIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; METHODOLOGY; PEST CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BELIZE; DDT; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECTICIDES; NITRILES; PEST CONTROL; PYRETHRINS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034199179     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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