Efficacy of fish as predators of Aedes aegypti larvae, under laboratory conditions;Competência de peixes como predadores de larvas de Aedes aegypti, em condições de laboratório

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 638-644

  de Góes Cavalcanti, Luciano Pamplona ^a,d   Soares Pontes, Ricardo José ^a   Ferreira Regazzi, Ana Cláudia ^b   de Paula Jr , Francisco José ^c   Frutuoso, Rodrigo Lins ^c   Sousa, Emanuel Primos ^c   Dantas Filho, Fábio Fernandes ^a   de Oliveira Lima, José Wellington ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^d UFCE ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Astyanax sp.; Betta splendens; Fishes; Laboratory experiment; Larva; Mosquito control; Pest control, biological; Poecilia sp.; Trichogaster sp.

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548167285     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102006005000041     Document Type: Article

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