Survival of larvivorous fish used for biological control of Aedes aegypti larvae in domestic containers with different chlorine concentrations

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 841-844

  De Góes Cavalcanti, Luciano Pamplona ^a   De Paula Jr , Francisco José ^b   Pontes, Ricardo José Soares ^a   Heukelbach, Jorg ^a,c   De Oliveira Lima, José Wellington ^d,e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Secretary of Health of the Government of the State of Ceara   (Brazil)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d National Health Foundation (FUNASA)   (Brazil)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Biological control; Chlorine; Dengue; Prevention

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; WATER;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; MOSQUITO; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER SUPPLY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CHLORINE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PERCIFORMES; POECILIA; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BETTA SPLENDENS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 68149094362     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0414     Document Type: Article

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