Age-grading and growth of Wuchereria bancrofti (Filariidea: Onchocercidae) larvae by growth measurements and its use for estimating blood-meal intervals of its Polynesian vector Aedes polynesiensis (Diptera: Culicidae)

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 705-716

  Lardeux, Frédéric ^a,c   Cheffort, Jules ^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; Age indicator; Age grading; Developmental rate; Gonotrophic cycle; Growth shape; Length; Parasite growth patterns; Width; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GROWTH; LARVA; PARASITE;

AEDES; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FILARIA; FLY; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATION; INFECTION; LARVA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROFILARIA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYNESIA; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

AEDES; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYNESIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

AEDES POLYNESIENSIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA; ONCHOCERCIDAE; WUCHERERIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0036224469     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(01)00290-9     Document Type: Article

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