Investigation of relationships between Aedes aegypti egg, larvae, pupae, and adult density indices where their main breeding sites were located indoors

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-21

  Romero Vivas, Claudia M E ^a,b   Falconar, Andrew K I ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Colombia; Density indices

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT; LARVA; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; COLOMBIA; DENGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; POPULATION DENSITY; PUPA;

EID: 16444377110     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2005)21[15:IORBAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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