Spatial and Temporal Hot Spots of Aedes albopictus Abundance inside and outside a South European Metropolitan Area

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Manica, Mattia ^a,b   Filipponi, Federico ^a   D’Alessandro, Antonello ^a   Screti, Alessia ^a   Neteler, Markus ^c   Rosà, Roberto ^b   Solimini, Angelo ^a   della Torre, Alessandra ^a   Caputo, Beniamino ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^c MUNDIALIS GMBH CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; CITY; ENVIRONMENT; ITALY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME FACTOR;

AEDES; ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; ROME; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84978107413     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004758     Document Type: Article

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