Productivity and population density estimates of the dengue vector mosquito aedes aegypti (stegomyia aegypti) in australia

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 313-322

  Williams, C R ^a   Johnson, P H ^b,d   Ball, T S ^b   Ritchie, S A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Tropical Regional Services   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Aedes aegypti (Stegomyia aegypti); Australia; Density; Model; Pupal survey; Trapping

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SITE; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE CONTROL; FIELD SURVEY; MOSQUITO; POPULATION DENSITY; PUPA; TRAPPING;

AUSTRALIA; CAIRNS; QUEENSLAND;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

ABUNDANCE; AEDES; AEDES AEGYPTI (STEGOMYIA AEGYPTI); ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENGUE; DENSITY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; INSECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PUPAL SURVEY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; TRAPPING; VIROLOGY;

ABUNDANCE; AEDES AEGYPTI (STEGOMYIA AEGYPTI); AUSTRALIA; DENSITY; MODEL; PUPAL SURVEY; TRAPPING;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DENGUE; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; PUPA; QUEENSLAND; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

EID: 84881614880     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2012.01051.x     Document Type: Article

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