Comparative responses of ovipositing Anopheles gambiae and Culex quinquefasciatus females to the presence of Culex egg rafts and larvae

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 369-374

  Wachira, S W ^a,b,c   Ndung'u, M ^c   Njagi, P G N ^b   Hassanali, A ^b,d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^d KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae s.s.; Attraction; Avoidance; Culex quinquefasciatus; Egg rafts; Larvae; Oviposition

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BIOASSAY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EGG; JUVENILE; LARVA; MOSQUITO; OVIPOSITION; SIGNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CULEX; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CULEX; FEMALE; LARVA; OVIPOSITION; ZYGOTE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 78149392087     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00913.x     Document Type: Article

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