Increased detection of Aedes albopictus in Belgium: no overwintering yet, but an intervention strategy is still lacking

Parasitology Research

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3469-3477

  Deblauwe, Isra ^a   Demeulemeester, Julie ^a   De Witte, Jacobus ^a   Hendy, Adam ^a   Sohier, Charlotte ^a   Madder, Maxime ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Control; Lucky bamboo; Overwintering; Surveillance; Tiger mosquito; Tyres

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BAMBOO; BELGIUM; CLIMATE; DESICCATION; DIAPAUSE; EGG; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVERWINTERING; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPA; SUMMER; AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AEDES; ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BELGIUM; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SEASONS;

EID: 84939262446     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4575-z     Document Type: Article

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