Detection of Aedes albopictus pre-imaginal stages in brackish water habitats in Brunei Darussalam

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 197-199

  Idris, Fakhriedzwan Hj ^a   Usman, Abdulai ^a   Surendran, Sinnathamby N ^b   Ramasamy, Ranjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAFFNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BRUNEI; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84878229594     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12029.x     Document Type: Article

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