Progressive decrease in aedes aegypti distribution in reunion Island since the 1900s

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1541-1545

  Bagny, Leïla ^a,b   Delatte, Hélène ^a,b   Quilici, Serge ^a   Fontenille, Didier ^c  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Distribution; Reunion Island

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARBOVIRUS;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; LARVA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS;

EID: 75549086448     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0644     Document Type: Article

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