A new, cost-effective, battery-powered aspirator for adult mosquito collections

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1256-1259

  Vazquez Prokopec, Gonzalo M ^a   Galvin, William A ^a   Kelly, Rosmarie ^b   Kitron, Uriel ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Georgia Division of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Mosquito abundance; Mosquito aspirator; Sampling

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULEX PIPIENS; MELANOCONION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MOSQUITO;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

EID: 75549090506     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0602     Document Type: Article

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