Short report: The effect of preservation methods on predicting mosquito age by near infrared spectroscopy

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1093-1096

  Dowell, Floyd E ^a   Noutcha, Aline E M ^b   Michel, Kristin ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESICCANT;

AGE; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; FREEZING; MOSQUITO; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; FEMALE; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 83255164206     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0438     Document Type: Article

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