Operational use of household bleach to "crash and release" aedes aegypti prior to wolbachia-infected mosquito release

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 344-351

  Jacups, Susan P ^a   Ball, Tamara S ^a   Paton, Christopher J ^a   Johnson, Petrina H ^a   Ritchie, Scott A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; arbovirus; dengue; mosquito control; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE;

ACANTHACEAE; AEDES; AGE; ANIMAL; ARACEAE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; EVALUATION; INSECT; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; WOLBACHIA;

ACANTHACEAE; AEDES; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ARACEAE; FRESH WATER; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; PUPA; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; TIME FACTORS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84874921426     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME12043     Document Type: Article

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