Survivorship of adult Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) feeding on indoor ornamental plants with no inflorescence

Parasitology Research

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2313-2318

  Qualls, Whitney A ^a   Xue, Rui De ^b   Beier, John C ^a   Müller, Günter C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Anastasia Mosquito Control District   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; BAMBOO; BREEDING; BROMELIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRACAENA SANDERIANA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GUZMANIA; INCUBATION TIME; INFLORESCENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORNAMENTAL PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOEO SPATHACEA; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME; VECTOR CONTROL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INFLORESCENCE; MALE; PLANTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARBOVIRUS; ASPARAGACEAE; BROMELIACEAE; COMMELINACEAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; DRACAENA SANDERIANA; GUZMANIA; TRADESCANTIA SPATHACEA;

EID: 84878735498     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-013-3396-1     Document Type: Article

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