The impact of permethrin-impregnated bednets on malaria vectors of the Kenyan coast

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 251-259

  Mbogo, C N M ^a   Baya, N M ^a   Ofulla, A V O ^a   Githure, J I ^a   Snow, R W ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

An.funestus; An.gambiae; An.merus; Anopheles arabiensis; Kenya Coast; malaria; mosquito nets; permethrin impregnated bednets

Indexed keywords

BEDNET; IMPREGNATED BEDNETS; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; MOSQUITO NET; PERMETHRIN; VECTOR CONTROL;

KENYA, COAST PROVINCE, KILIFI DISTRICT;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES MERUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0030302108     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1996.tb00739.x     Document Type: Article

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