Quantitative monitoring of Aedes albopictus in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy: Cluster investigation and geostatistical analysis

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-216

  Albieri, Alessandro ^a   Carrieri, Marco ^a   Angelini, Paola ^b   Baldacchini, Flavia ^b   Venturelli, Claudio ^c   Zeo, Silvia Mascali ^c   Bellini, Romeo ^a  

^a Centro Agricoltura Ambiente G Nicoli   (Italy)

^b Emilia Romagna Region   (Italy)

^c Cesena Public Health Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Chikungunya; Cluster analysis; Geostatistics; Monitoring; Ovitraps

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; EMILIA;

EID: 78649369894     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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