Novel estimates of aedes aegypti (diptera: Culicidae) population size and adult survival based on wolbachia releases

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 624-631

  Ritchie, Scott A ^a   Montgomery, Brian L ^b,c   Hoffmann, Ary A ^d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; BGS trap; dengue; surveillance; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; ECOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WOLBACHIA; ZOOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ENTOMOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUEENSLAND; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84878294606     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME12201     Document Type: Article

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