Vector survival and parasite infection: The effect of Wuchereria bancrofti on its vector Culex quinquefasciatus

Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-50

  Krishnamoorthy, K ^a   Subramanian, S ^a   Van Oortmarssen, G J ^b   Habbema, J D F ^b   Das, P K ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Culex quinquefasciatus; Lymphatic filariasis; Parasite induced vector mortality; Weibull model; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MICROFILARIASIS; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; CULEX; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PARASITEMIA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 3142592454     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004005153     Document Type: Article

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