The relationship between female body size and survival rate of the malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis in Ethiopia

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 170-172

  Ameneshewa, Birkinesh ^a   Service, M W ^b  

^a Natl Org Contr Malaria Other V   (Ethiopia)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anopheles arabiensis; Body size; Ethiopia; Insemination rate; Malaria vector; Parous rate

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; DISEASE CARRIER; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FORELIMB; LONGEVITY; MALARIA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BODY CONSTITUTION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LONGEVITY; MALARIA; WING;

EID: 0030125190     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1996.tb00724.x     Document Type: Article

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