Anopheles gambiae gonotrophic cycle duration, biting and exiting behaviour unaffected by permethrin-impregnated bednets in The Gambia

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-78

  Quinones M L ^a,d   Lines, J D ^b   Thomson, M C ^c   Jawara, M ^a   Morris, J ^b   Greenwood, B M ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; impregnated bednets; malaria control; permethrin; The Gambia; vector control

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

BITING BEHAVIOUR; IMPREGNATED BEDNET; MALARIA; PERMETHRIN; POPULATION DENSITY;

GAMBIA;

EID: 0030618518     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00292.x     Document Type: Article

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