Horizontal and vertical dispersal of dengue vector mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, in Singapore

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 351-360

  Liew, C ^a   Curtis, C F ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Singapore)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ae. Albopictus; Aedes aegypti; Dengue vectors; Flight range; Mosquito dispersal; Multi storey building; Ovitrap; Rubidium chloride; Singapore

Indexed keywords

RUBIDIUM;

DISEASE VECTOR; DISPERSAL; MOSQUITO;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SINGAPORE; TIME;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DENGUE; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RUBIDIUM; SINGAPORE; TIME FACTORS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; STEGOMYIA;

EID: 11144316094     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.00517.x     Document Type: Article

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