Defrost-water-collection trays of refrigerators - A potential breeding habitat of Aedes aegypti in dengue- and chickungunya-infested areas of southern India

Dengue Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue , 2007, Pages 174-175

  Srinivasan, Renga ^a   Mariappan, T ^a   Jambulingam, P ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

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Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BREEDING; EPIDEMIC; HABITAT; INDIA; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NORTH EAST MONSOON SEASON; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); REFRIGERATOR; REFRIGERATOR DEFROST WATER COLLECTION TRAY; SEASON; SOUTH WEST MONSOON SEASON; SUMMER;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 56249088964     PISSN: 1020895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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