Oviposition site selection by the dengue vector Aedes aegypti and its implications for dengue control

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Wong, Jacklyn ^a   Stoddard, Steven T ^a   Astete, Helvio ^b   Morrison, Amy C ^a,b   Scott, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CONTAINER; DENGUE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FOOD; INFECTION CONTROL; LARVA; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERU; PROGENY; STARVATION; SUN EXPOSURE; VECTOR CONTROL; AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DENGUE; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; OVIPOSITION; PERU;

EID: 79955830223     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001015     Document Type: Article

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