Survey of cyclopids (Crustacea, Copepoda) in Brazil and preliminary screening of their potential as dengue vector predators

• Main Authors: Santos Luciana Urbano dos (Author), Andrade Carlos Fernando S. de (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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INTRODUCTION: Cyclopid copepods are known to be good mosquito controllers, specially as regards the larvae of the dengue vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The objective of the study was to survey the local copepod fauna and search for new strains of M. longisetus var. lo...