Strategies of a thirteen year surveillance programme on Aedes albopictus (Stegomyia albopicta) in southern Switzerland

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Flacio, Eleonora ^a,b   Engeler, Lukas ^a   Tonolla, Mauro ^a,c,d   Lüthy, Peter ^e   Patocchi, Nicola ^f  

^a Gruppo Cantonale di Lavoro Zanzare Antenna Laboratory of Applied Microbiology   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f Bolle di Magadino Foundation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Breeding site; Control measures; MALDI TOF MS; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; CYPERMETHRIN; DIFLUBENZURON; LARVICIDAL AGENT; PERMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE;

ADAPTATION; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; BREEDING; NONHUMAN; SWITZERLAND; AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH SURVEY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; STEGOMYIA;

AEDES; ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; INSECTICIDES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PERMETHRIN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84928492386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-0793-6     Document Type: Article

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