Mosquito traps designed to capture Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) females: Preliminary comparison of Adultrap, MosquiTRAP and backpack aspirator efficiency in a dengue-endemic area of Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 602-605

  Maciel de Freitas, Rafael ^a   Peres, Roberto Costa ^a   Alves, Fernando ^b   Brandolini, Mauro Blanco ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Secretaria de Estado da Saude de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Container productivity; Dengue; Oviposition trap; Vector surveillance

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 54349084331     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762008000600016     Document Type: Article

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