Ovitrap surveillance of the dengue vectors, Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (L.) and Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus skuse in selected areas in Bentong, Pahang, Malaysia

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-54

  Norzahira, R ^a,b   Hidayatulfathi, O ^a   Wong, H M ^b   Cheryl, A ^b   Firdaus, R ^b   Chew, H S ^b   Lim, K W ^b,c   Sing, K W ^b   Mahathavan, M ^b   Nazni, W A ^b   Lee, H L ^b   Vasan, S S ^d,e,f   McKemey, A ^d   Lacroix, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

^d OXITEC LIMITED   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f Sdn Bhd   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; POPULATION DENSITY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DENGUE; DISEASE VECTORS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 79953873672     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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