Fructose variation in the dengue vector, Aedes aegypti, during high and low transmission seasons in the Mae Sot region of Thailand

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-181

  Spencer, Chantal Y ^a   Pendergast IV, Thomas H ^a,b   Harrington, Laura C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Dengue; Fructose; Mosquitoes; Sugar feeding

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; BOUGAINVILLEA; DENGUE VIRUS; DENGUE VIRUS GROUP; EUPHORBIA; HIBISCUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

FRUCTOSE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; THAILAND;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DENGUE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; SEASONS; THAILAND;

EID: 25144496534     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2005)21[177:FVITDV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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