Field evaluation of a smoke-generating formulation containing beta-cypermethrin against the dengue vector in Argentina

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-57

  Masuh, Hector ^a   De Licastro, Susana Arnstein ^a   Lopez, Paula A ^b   Vega, Carlos ^b   Zerba, Eduardo ^a  

^a Centro de Investigaciones de Plagas e Insecticidas   (Argentina)

^b Programa Nacional de Control de Vectores Ministerio de Salud Pública   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Dengue; Fumigant canister; Pyrethroids; Smoke generating formulation

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI;

CIPERMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; EVALUATION; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; SMOKE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; DENGUE; FUMIGATION; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PYRETHRINS; SMOKE;

EID: 0038778274     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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