Caffeine effect on mortality and oviposition in successive generations of Aedes aegypti Efeito da cafeína sobre a mortalidade e oviposição em gerações sucessivas de Aedes aegypti

• Main Authors: Alessandra Theodoro Laranja (Author), Antonio José Manzato (Author), Hermione Elly Melara de Campos Bicudo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2006-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: Previous experiments showed that caffeine blocks the development of Aedes aegypti (Diptera, Culicidae) in the larval stage, consequently inhibiting the production of adults. This study aimed at obtaining data suggestive of caffeine resistance by these mosquitoes. METHODS: Experiments were...