Male Mosquitoes as Vehicles for Insecticide

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mains, James W ^a   Brelsfoard, Corey L ^a   Dobson, Stephen L ^a  

^a MosquitoMate Inc Lexington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PYRIPROXYFEN; JUVENILE HORMONE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BREEDING METHOD; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS CONTAMINATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG ACTIVITY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVAL BIOASSAY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RISK; STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING; VECTOR CONTROL; AEDES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; JUVENILE HORMONES; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OVIPOSITION; PYRIDINES;

EID: 84922230051     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003406     Document Type: Article

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