History of domestication and spread of Aedes aegypti - A Review

The adaptation of insect vectors of human diseases to breed in human habitats (domestication) is one of the most important phenomena in medical entomology. Considerable data are available on the vector mosquito Aedes aegypti in this regard and here we integrate the available information including ge...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey R Powell, Walter J Tabachnick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2013-01-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762013000900011&lng=en&tlng=en