Ambient temperature effects on the extrinsic incubation period of Wuchereria bancrofti in Aedes polynesiensis: Implications for filariasis transmission dynamics and distribution in French Polynesia

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 167-176

  Lardeux, F ^a,c   Cheffort, J ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUT LOUIS MALARDÉ   (French Polynesia)

^c Institut de recherche pour le developpement Bolivia   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Aedes polynesiensis; Extrinsic cycle; Filariasis distribution; French Polynesia; Humidity; Latitude; Longevity factor; Lymphatic filariasis; Mathematical model; Seasonality; Tahiti; Temperature; Transmission potential; Vector of filariasis; Vectorial capacity; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INCUBATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELEPHANTIASIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; POLYNESIA; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLYNESIA; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

FRENCH POLYNESIA;

EID: 0034958714     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0269-283X.2001.00305.x     Document Type: Article

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