Biting behavior of Malaysian mosquitoes, Aedes albopictus Skuse, Armigeres kesseli Ramalingam, Culex quinquefasciatus Say, and Culex vishnui Theobald obtained from urban residential areas in Kuala Lumpur

Asian Biomedicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 315-321

  Chen, Chee Dhang ^a   Lee, Han Lim ^b   Lau, Koon Weng ^a   Abdullah, Abdul Ghani ^b   Tan, Swee Beng ^b   Sa'diyah, Ibrahim ^b   Norma Rashid, Yusoff ^a   Oh, Pei Fen ^a   Chan, Chi Kian ^b   Sofian Azirun, Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Armigeres kesseli; Culex quinquefasciatus; Culex vishnui; Host seeking behavior

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARMIGERES KESSELI; ARTICLE; BITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREPUSCULAR SPECIES; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX VISHNUI; HOST SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALAYSIAN; MOSQUITO; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; RESIDENTIAL AREA; TIME; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84908029812     PISSN: 19057415     EISSN: 1875855X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5372/1905-7415.0803.295     Document Type: Article

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