The Effect of Breeding Habitat Characteristics on the Larval Abundance of Aedes Vector Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Three Localities, Galle District, Sri Lanka

Dengue has become a national burden in Sri Lanka, and the understanding of breeding ecology of vectors, Aedes aegypti Linnaeus and Aedes albopictus Skuse, is the most effective way to control the disease. The present study was undertaken to investigate the relative larval abundance of Ae. aegypti an...

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Main Authors: D. S. Dissanayake, C. D. Wijekoon, H. C. Wegiriya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2021-01-01
Series:Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/9911571