Changes in abundance and behaviour of vector mosquitoes induced by land use during the development of an oil palm plantation in Sarawak

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 382-386

  Chang, M S ^a   Hii, J ^b   Buttner, P ^b   Mansoor, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Hospital Nursing Matron   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Anopheles donaldi; Anopheles letifer; Anopheles subpictus; Anopheles tesselatus; Culex tritaeniorhynchus; Dengue; Ecology; Japanese encephalitis; Land use; Malaria; Plasmodium spp.; Sarawak

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CULEX; FOREST; INCIDENCE; LAND USE; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANOPHELES SUBPICTUS; CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCHUS; ELAEIS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0030752115     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90248-0     Document Type: Article

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