Distribution of Lambornella stegomyiae in Malaysia and its potential for the control of mosquitoes of public health importance

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-93

  Vythilingam, I ^a   Mahadevan, S ^a   Ong, K K ^a   Ghani, Abdullah ^a   Ong, Y F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Distribution; Lambornella stegomyiae; Rubber cups

Indexed keywords

EID: 2842584706     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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