Field validation of the Gravid Aedes Trap (GAT) for collection of aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 210-219

  Ritchie, Scott A ^a   Buhagiar, Tamara S ^a   Townsend, Michael ^a   Hoffmann, Ary ^b   Hurk, Andrew F Van Den ^c   McMahon, Jamie L ^c   Eiras, Alvaro E ^d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Public Health Virology   (Australia)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Bgs trap; dengue; sticky ovitrap; surveillance

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENGUE VIRUS; DISEASE CARRIER; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOSQUITO; VALIDATION STUDY; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DENGUE VIRUS; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84893092739     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME13105     Document Type: Article

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