Behavior of resting Aedes aegypti (Culicidae: Diptera) and its relation to ultra-low volume adulticide efficacy in Panama City, Panama

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 541-546

  Perich, M J ^a,f   Davila, G ^b,f   Turner, A ^c,f   Garcia, A ^d,f   Nelson, M ^e,f  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Panama Canal Commission   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^d National Malaria Eradication Service   (Panama)

^e PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Brazil)

^f U S ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MATERIEL COMMAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Culicidae; Resting behavior; Ultra low volume insecticides

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; MALATHION;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PANAMA; REST;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; MALATHION; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PANAMA; REST;

EID: 0034219191     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.4.541     Document Type: Article

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