Description of three practical and inexpensive devices for the collection of mosquitoes and other small insects

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 84-86

  Marcondes, Carlos Brisola ^a   Alencar, Jeronimo ^b   Balbino, Valdir Queiroz ^c   Guimarães, Anthony Erico ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Collection; Culicidae; Device; Phlebotominae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; INSTRUMENTATION; MOSQUITO; SUCTION;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SUCTION;

CULICIDAE; HEXAPODA; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 34248633136     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2007)23[84:DOTPAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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