Distribution of Aedes albopictus (Diptera, Culicidae) in southwestern Pacific countries, with a first report from the Kingdom of Tonga

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Guillaumot, Laurent ^a   Ofanoa, Reynold ^b   Swillen, Lucien ^c   Singh, Narendra ^d   Bossin, Hervé C ^e   Schaffner, Francis ^f  

^a Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Caledonie Noumea   (New Caledonia)

^b Ministry of Health Tonga   (Tonga)

^c Retired WHO Technical Officer   (New Caledonia)

^d Secretariat of the Pacific Community   (Fiji)

^e INSTITUT LOUIS MALARDÉ   (French Polynesia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Distribution; Introduction; Pacific islands; Tonga; Vector

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOK ISLANDS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; FIJI; FRENCH POLYNESIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALE; MOSQUITO; NEW CALEDONIA; NONHUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SOLOMON ISLANDS; TONGA; VANUATU; WALLIS AND FUTUNA; ZOOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 84868274975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-247     Document Type: Article

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