Survival of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) eggs in surface and subterranean breeding sites during the northern Queensland dry season

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 441-445

  Russell, B M ^a   Kay, B H ^c   Shipton, W ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Dry season; Eggs; Penicillium citrinum; Periplaneta americana; Subterranean

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ALTERNARIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; AUSTRALIA; BREEDING; CLADOSPORIUM; HUMIDITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OOCYTE; PENICILLIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIZOPUS; SEASON;

AEDES; ALTERNARIA; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS; BREEDING; CLADOSPORIUM; HUMIDITY; OVUM; PENICILLIUM; QUEENSLAND; RHIZOPUS; SEASONS;

EID: 0035345109     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.3.441     Document Type: Article

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