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Effects of forced egg-retention on the oviposition patterns of female Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

D. D. Chadee
D. D. Chadee
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Insect Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, 3 Queen Street, St Joseph, Trinidad, West Indies
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 87 , Issue 6 , December 1997 , pp. 649 - 651
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