Vector abundance and behaviour in an area of low malaria endemicity in Bataan, the Philippines

Acta Tropica

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 209-220

  Torres, E P ^a   Salazar, N P ^b   Belizario, V Y ^c   Saul, A ^d  

^a Dept Parasitol and Med Entomol   (Philippines)

^b 420/6 Rajvithi Road   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anopheles flavirostris; Anopheles maculatus s.l.; malaria; Philippines; vectorial capacity

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MALARIA; PHILIPPINES; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BUFFALOES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES FLAVIROSTRIS; ANOPHELES MACULATUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS;

EID: 0030899427     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(96)00622-5     Document Type: Article

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