Dynamics of malaria transmission near two permanent breeding sites in Baringo district, Kenya

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 105, Issue MAY, 1997, Pages 206-211

  Aniedu, Ifeanyi ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anopheles funestus; Anopheles gambiae; Breeding sites; Entomological factors; Malaria transmission; Malariometic; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

EID: 0030916928     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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