Field validation of a transcriptional assay for the prediction of age of uncaged aedes aegyptimosquitoes in Northern Australia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Hugo, Leon E ^a,b   Cook, Peter E ^a,e   Johnson, Petrina H ^c   Rapley, Luke P ^c   Kay, Brian H ^b   Ryan, Peter A ^b   Ritchie, Scott A ^c,d   O'Neill, Scott L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Tropical Population Health Services   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FIELD WORK; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIFE CYCLE; LIFESPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; AEDES; AGING; ANIMAL; ECONOMICS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEDES; AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, INSECT; MALE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 77649212620     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000608     Document Type: Article

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