Mosquito surveys carried out on Green Island, Orchid Island, and Penghu Island, Taiwan, in 2003

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 51-56

  Teng, Hwa Jen ^a   Huang, Guo Chin ^a   Chen, Yung Chen ^a   Hsia, Wei Tai ^a   Lu, Liang Chen ^a   Tsai, Wen Tang ^b   Chung, Mei Ju ^c  

^a Research and Diagnostic Center   (Taiwan)

^b Penghu County Health Bureau   (Taiwan)

^c Taitung County Health Bureau   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

(Diptera, Culicidae); Green Island; Mosquito fauna; Orchid Island; Penghu Island

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANOPHELES; CULEX; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FILARIASIS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAIWAN; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 16444378029     PISSN: 02575655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1607-551x(09)70277-3     Document Type: Review

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