Reduced oviposition of Aedes aegypti gravid females in domestic containers with predatory fish

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1347-1350

  Pamplona, Luciano De Góes Cavalcanti ^a   Alencar, Carlos H ^a   Lima, José Wellington O ^b   Heukelbach, Jörg ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b National Health Foundation (FUNASA)   (Brazil)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Betta splendens; Biological control; Larvivorous fish; Oviposition; Poecilia reticulata

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CYPRINID; DECHLORINATION; MOSQUITO; OVIPOSITION; PATHOGEN; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BETTA SPLENDENS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHLORINATION; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EGG LAYING; FISH; GUPPY; INSECT CONTROL; LARVIVORE; NONHUMAN; PERCIFORMES; WATER SUPPLY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DENGUE; FEMALE; FISHES; INSECT VECTORS; OVIPOSITION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BETTA SPLENDENS; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 70350004713     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02377.x     Document Type: Article

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