Tire-breeding mosquitoes of public health importance along an urbanisation gradient in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 678-684

  Rubio, Alejandra ^a   Cardo, María Victoria ^a   Vezzani, Darío ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Artificial containers; Culex pipiens; Mosquito ecology; Urbanisation level; Used tires

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CULEX; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; URBANIZATION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CULEX; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; URBANIZATION;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULEX PIPIENS;

EID: 80054004066     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000600006     Document Type: Article

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