Laboratory colonization of Aedes japonicus japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae) collected in Narita, Japan and the biological properties of the established colony

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 401-404

  Hoshino, Keita ^a   Isawa, Haruhiko ^a   Tsuda, Yoshio ^a   Kobayashi, Mutsuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES; AEDES JAPONICUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY; ARTHROPOD LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ERYTHROCYTE LIFESPAN; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; JAPAN; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; ORGANISM GROUP SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES INVASION; SURVIVAL RATE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; JAPAN; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; LARVA; MALE; MICE; OVIPOSITION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78649555218     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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