Physiological and morphological aspects of Aedes aegypti developing larvae: Effects of the chitin synthesis inhibitor novaluron

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Farnesi, Luana C ^a,b,c   Brito, José M ^d   Linss, Jutta G ^a,b,c   Pelajo Machado, Marcelo ^a   Valle, Denise ^a,b,c   Rezende, Gustavo L ^a,c,e  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Biologia do Exercito   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Nacional de Ciencia e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; INSECTICIDE; NOVALURON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBANILAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CHITIN SYNTHASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EPIDERMIS; EXPOSURE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT CONTROL; LARVAL STAGE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STAINING; THORAX; AEDES; AGE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; HEXAPODA;

AEDES; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PHENYLUREA COMPOUNDS; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84856187974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030363     Document Type: Article

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