Sampling considerations for designing aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) oviposition studies in Iquitos, peru: Substrate preference, diurnal periodicity, and gonotrophic cycle length

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-52

  Wong, Jacklyn ^a   Astete, Helvio ^a   Morrison, Amy C ^a   Scott, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; oviposition; sampling bias; vector control

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; OVIPARITY; PERU; WEATHER;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; OVIPARITY; OVIPOSITION; PERU; WEATHER;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 79551650956     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10149     Document Type: Article

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