Container survey of mosquito breeding sites in a university campus in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dengue Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 187-193

  Chen, C D ^a   Lee, H L ^b   Stella Wong, S P ^a   Lau, K W ^a   Sofian Azirun, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Aedes niveus gp.; Container; Culex quinquefasciatus; Malaysia; University campus

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AEDES; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AEDES NIVEUS; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTAINER; CULEX; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; LARVA; NONHUMAN; WATER QUALITY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AEDES NIVEUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

EID: 81855216201     PISSN: 1020895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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