Swarming behavior of aedes polynesiensis (diptera: Culicidae) and characterization of swarm markers in american Samoa

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 740-747

  Tuten, H C ^a,b   Stone, C M ^a,c   Dobson, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aedes polynesiensis; ecology; marker; mating; mosquito

Indexed keywords

AEDES; AMERICAN SAMOA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

AEDES; AIR PRESSURE; AMERICAN SAMOA; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 84880443038     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME13026     Document Type: Article

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