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DISTANCE VOL EFFECTIVE [1 record]

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Record 1 1984-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

Distance from a breeding place that the females of a given species of mosquito travel in numbers sufficient to maintain endemic malaria or to cause an epidemic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Distance parcourue à partir d'un gîte larvaire par les femelles d'une espèce donnée de moustiques, en nombre suffisant pour assurer le maintien du paludisme endémique ou provoquer une épidémie.

Spanish

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