Oviposition behaviour and parity rates of aedes aegypti collected in sticky traps in Trinidad, West Indies

Acta Tropica

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 212-216

  Chadee, Dave D ^a   Ritchie, Scott A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Tropical Population Health Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

" Death stress oviposition" vector control; Aedes aegypti; Oviposition behaviour; Parous rates; Sticky traps; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; MOSQUITO; OVIPOSITION;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EGG LAYING; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PARITY; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VECTOR CONTROL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; OVIPOSITION; PARITY; POPULATION DENSITY; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 77957752776     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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