Monitoring temporal abundance and spatial distribution of Aedes polynesiensis using BG-sentinel traps in neighboring habitats on Raiatea, Society Archipelago, French Polynesia

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-60

  Mercer, David R ^a   Bossin, Herve ^b   Sang, Michel Cheong ^b   O'Connor, Linda ^a   Dobson, Stephen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT LOUIS MALARDÉ   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

adult size variation; Aedes polynesiensis population dynamic; filariasis vector; seasonality; trap sampling

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT; INSTRUMENTATION; LARVA; MALE; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYNESIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; TIME;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CULEX; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARVA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POLYNESIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUPA; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES POLYNESIENSIS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

EID: 84856607879     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11087     Document Type: Article

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