Sampling biases of the BG-sentinel trap with respect to physiology, age, and body size of adult aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 649-656

  Ball, Tamara S ^a   Ritchie, Scott R ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TROPICAL PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; BG Sentinel; dengue; sampling

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; ZOOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CULICIDAE; ENTOMOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SELECTION BIAS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 77954183922     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME09218     Document Type: Article

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