Climate associated size and shape changes in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) populations from Thailand

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 580-585

  Morales Vargas, Ronald Enrique ^b   Ya umphan, Phubeth ^a   Phumala Morales, Noppawan ^a   Komalamisra, Narumon ^a   Dujardin, Jean Pierre ^a,b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Climate; Dengue; Relative humidity; Shape; Size; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GEOMETRY; HERITABILITY; HUMIDITY; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); THAILAND;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; DENGUE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMIDITY; LARVA; LINEAR MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN SIZE; TEMPERATURE; THAILAND; WING;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 77951978001     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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