Improvement of a test-chamber for behavioral studies on adult females of Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) (Diptera, Culicidae)

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 252-254

  Cabrini, Isaías ^a,b   Andrade, Carlos Fernando S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Dep Fitotecnia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Attraction; Behavior; Mosquito; Olfactometer

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 34548686831     PISSN: 00855626     EISSN: 18069665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0085-56262007000200018     Document Type: Article

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