Invasion of Wolbachia at the residential block level is associated with local abundance of Stegomyia aegypti, yellow fever mosquito, populations and property attributes

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages 90-97

  Hoffmann, A A ^a   Goundar, A A ^a   Long, S A ^b   Johnson, P H ^b,c   Ritchie, S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Density; Invasion success; Ovitrap; Sampling; Spatial variation; Stegomyia aegypti; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; QUEENSLAND; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84906725156     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mve.12077     Document Type: Article

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