Arm in cage tests to compare skin repellents against bites of Aedes albopictus

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 157-160

  Masetti, Antonio ^a   Maini, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Arm in cage test; DEET; DMP; Icaridin; Mosquito repellents

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77952180199     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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