Seasonal abundance of Anopheles farauti (Diptera: Culicidae) sibling species in far north Queensland, Australia

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 153-161

  Van Den Hurk, Andrew F ^a,b   Cooper, R D ^c   Beebe, Nigel W ^d   Williams, Gail M ^b   Bryan, Joan H ^b   Ritchie, Scott A ^a  

^a TROPICAL PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anopheles farauti; Australia; Malaria; Seasonal abundance; Sibling species

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003350718     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.1.153     Document Type: Article

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