Some observations on the biting behavior of Anopheles gambiae s.s., Anopheles arabiensis, and Anopheles funestus and their implications for malaria control

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 306-315

  Githeko, Andrew K ^a   Adungo, Nicholas I ^a   Karanja, Diana M ^a   Hawley, William A ^a,c   Vulule, John M ^a   Seroney, Isack K ^a   Ofulla, Ayub V O ^b   Atieli, Francis K ^a   Ondijo, Samson O ^a   Genga, Isaiah O ^a   Odada, Peter K ^a   Situbi, Peter A ^a   Oloo, James A ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b Biomedical Sciences Research Center   (Kenya)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles arabiensis; Anopheles funestus; Anopheles gambiae sensu lato; Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto; House leaving behavior; Insecticide; Malaria vectors; Man biting behavior; Permethrin; Plasmodium falciparum; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VECTOR CONTROL;

EID: 0029952720     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0038     Document Type: Article

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