Development of a semi-field system for contained field trials with Aedes aegypti in Southern Mexico

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 248-256

  Facchinelli, Luca ^a   Valerio, Laura ^a   Bond, J Guillermo ^b   Wise De Valdez, Megan R ^c   Harrington, Laura C ^d   Ramsey, Janine M ^b   Casas Martinez, M ^b   Scott, Thomas W ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FIELD WORK; HUMIDITY; MALE; MEXICO; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMIDITY; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; DENGUE VIRUS;

EID: 80051521228     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0426     Document Type: Article

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