Spatial and Temporal Variation in Abundance of Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) in a Malaria Endemic Area in Papua New Guinea

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 193-205

  Hii, J L K ^a,b   Smith, T ^a,c   Mai, A ^a   Mellor, S ^a   Lewis, D ^a,d   Alexander, N ^a   Alpers, M P ^a  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d Southern Zone Population Health Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anopheles spp.; Biting cycles; Conditional autoregressive model; Ecology; Malaria; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES KOLIENSIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; MALARIA; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MALARIA; MALE; NEW GUINEA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031087357     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.2.193     Document Type: Article

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