Biological Differences between Brackish and Fresh Water-Derived Aedes aegypti from Two Locations in the Jaffna Peninsula of Sri Lanka and the Implications for Arboviral Disease Transmission

The mainly fresh water arboviral vector Aedes aegypti L. (Diptera: Culicidae) can also undergo pre-imaginal development in brackish water of up to 15 ppt (parts per thousand) salt in coastal areas. We investigated differences in salinity tolerance, egg laying preference, egg hatching and larval deve...

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Autores principales: Ramasamy, Ranjan, Jude, Pavilupillai J., Veluppillai, Thabothiny, Eswaramohan, Thampoe, Surendran, Sinnathamby N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4149417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25170879
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104977

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4149417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25170879
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104977

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