The hidden world of Asian tiger mosquitoes: Immature Aedes albopictus (Skuse) dominate in rainwater corrugated extension spouts

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 699-705

  Unlu, Isik ^a,b   Faraji, Ary ^a,b,c   Indelicato, Nicholas ^b   Fonseca, Dina M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mercer County Mosquito Control   (United States)

^c Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Container inhabiting mosquito; Cryptic habitat; Larval survey; New Jersey

Indexed keywords

RAIN; WATER;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRUGATED EXTENSION SPOUT; CULEX PIPIENS; GENERAL DEVICE; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PH; SEASON; WATER TEMPERATURE; AEDES; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; HOUSING; MOSQUITO; PUPA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HOUSING; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NEW JERSEY; PUPA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; WATER;

EID: 84913583652     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru139     Document Type: Article

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