Characteristics of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus Skuse (Diptera: Culicidae) breeding sites

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1077-1082

  Bhaskar Rao, B ^a   Harikumar, P S ^b   Jayakrishnan, T ^a   George, B ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Centre for Water Resources Development and Management India   (India)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Breeting site; Physicochemical characteristic

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053056236     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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