Insecticide susceptibility of Aedes aegypti, the vector of dengue fever, in Jeddah governorate, Saudi Arabia

Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 501-506

  Al Ghamdi, Khalid M S ^a   Al Fifi, Z I ^a   Saleh, M S ^b   Al Qhtani, H A ^a   Mahyoub, J A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Mosquito Research Lab   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Larval bioassay; Mosquito larvae; Susceptibility status

Indexed keywords

CYHALOTHRIN; INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID; PYRIPROXYFEN; TETRAMETHRIN;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; IC 50; INFECTION CONTROL; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; SAUDI ARABIA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA;

EID: 63249117357     PISSN: 09731245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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