First record of Aedes albopictus in Slovakia

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 603-606

  Bocková, Eva ^a   Kočišová, Alica ^a   Letková, Valéria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Ko ick Basin; Slovakia

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; SLOVAKIA; ZOOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ENTOMOLOGY; FEMALE; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 84890485327     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-013-0158-2     Document Type: Article

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