The Role of Urea in the Oviposition Behaviour of Japanese Encephalitis Vectors in Rice Fields of South India

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 789-791

  Sunish, I P ^a   Rajendran, R ^a   Reuben, R ^a  

^a Centre for Research in Medical Entomology (ICMR)   (India)

Author keywords

Culex tritaeniorhynchus; Culex vishnui; India; Oviposition; Rice field; Urea

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; EGG LAYING; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; INDIA; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; NONHUMAN; RICE; VIRUS VECTOR; WATER ANALYSIS; ZOOLOGY;

CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCHUS; CULEX VISHNUI; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0345731039     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000600014     Document Type: Article

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