Fast and slow blood-feeding durations of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Trinidad

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 172-177

  Chadee, Dave D ^a   Beier, John C ^b   Mohammed, Rohan T ^a  

^a Ministry of Health Trinidad and Tobago   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Fast or slow duration of blood feeding; Fecundity; Trinidad; Wing length

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; REPRODUCTION; TIME; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AEDES; ANIMALS; BLOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0036983039     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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