Host choice by indoor-resting Anopheles arabiensis in Ethiopia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 376-378

  Hadis, Mamuye ^a   Lulu, Mesfin ^a   Makonnen, Yared ^a   Asfaw, Tefera ^a  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Anopheles arabiensis; Blood meals; Cattle; Ethiopia; Malaria; Plasmodium spp.

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALARIA; NONHUMAN;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0030797928     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90245-5     Document Type: Article

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