Mosquito mass rearing technology: A cold-water vortex device for continuous unattended separation of anopheles arabiensis pupae from larvae

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 227-235

  Balestrino, Fabrizio ^a   Gilles, Jrmie R L ^a   Soliban, Sharon M ^a   Nirschl, Anton ^a   Benedict, Quentin E ^b   Benedict, Mark Q ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

genetic control; malaria; Mass rearing; mechanization; sterile insect technique

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANOPHELES; COLD; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVALUATION; INSECT; INSTRUMENTATION; LARVA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; COLD TEMPERATURE; LARVA; PUPA;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 80052926608     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/10-6085.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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