Point-source and area-wide field studies of pyriproxyfen autodissemination against urban container-inhabiting mosquitoes

Acta Tropica

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 96-103

  Suman, Devi S ^a   Farajollahi, Ary ^b   Healy, Sean ^c   Williams, Gregory M ^d   Wang, Yi ^a   Schoeler, George ^e   Gaugler, Randy ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mercer County Mosquito Control   (United States)

^c Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission   (United States)

^d Hudson County Mosquito Control   (United States)

^e Naval Medical Research Unit 2 Pacific   (United States)

Author keywords

Autodissemination distance; Mosquito control; Population density; Pupal mortality; Pyriproxyfen accumulation; Vector control

Indexed keywords

PYRIPROXYFEN; RAIN; INSECTICIDE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

BIOASSAY; INSECTICIDE; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; POPULATION DENSITY; PUPA; TIRE; VEGETATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTODISSEMINATION; BIOASSAY; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVA; MALE; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); VEGETATION; AEDES; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; INSECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TIME;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; MALE; PUPA; PYRIDINES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899065170     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.03.026     Document Type: Article

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