Linking oviposition site choice to offspring fitness in Aedes aegypti: Consequences for targeted larval control of dengue vectors

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Wong, Jacklyn ^a   Morrison, Amy C ^a,b   Stoddard, Steven T ^a,c   Astete, Helvio ^b   Chu, Yui Yin ^a   Baseer, Imaan ^a   Scott, Thomas W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Virology Program   (Peru)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENDER; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; LARVA; MALE; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISPERSION; PROGENY; PUPATION; VECTOR CONTROL; AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PERU; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DENGUE; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OVIPOSITION; PERU;

EID: 84863662603     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001632     Document Type: Article

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