Laboratory evaluation of Mesocyclops annulatus (Wierzejski, 1892) (Copepoda: Cyclopidea) as a predator of container-breeding mosquitoes in Argentina

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 835-838

  Micieli, María V ^a   Marti, Gerardo ^a   García, Juan J ^a  

^a CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PARASITOLÓGICOS Y DE VECTORES CEPAVE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Argentina; Copepod; Culex pipiens; Mesocyclops annulatus

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COPEPOD; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PREDATION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BREEDING; COPEPODA; CULEX; CULICIDAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036730859     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000600014     Document Type: Review

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