The late biting habit of parous Anopheles mosquitoes and pre-bedtime exposure of humans to infective female mosquitoes

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-25

  Bockarie, M J ^a   Alexander, N ^a   Bockarie, F ^a   Ibam, E ^a   Barnish, Guy ^b   Alpers, M ^a  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Anopheles punctulatus; Biting habits; Malaria; Papua New Guinea; Parity; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Sierra leone; Sporozoite rates

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SIERRA LEONE; SPOROZOITE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES MOSQUITO; ANOPHELES PUNCTULATUS; INSECTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0030049733     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90465-4     Document Type: Article

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