Observations on nocturnal biting activity and host preference of anophelines collected in southern Thailand

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 52-57

  Rattanarithikul, Rampa ^a,b   Konishi, Eiji ^b   Linthicum, Kenneth J ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; THAILAND;

EID: 0030102906     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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