Anopheline (Diptera: Culicidae) Breeding in a Traditional Tank-Based Village Ecosystem in North Central Sri Lanka

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 290-297

  Amerasinghe, Felix P ^a   Konradsen, Flemming ^a,b   Fonseka, Kapila T ^a,b   Amerasinghe, Priyanie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Intl Irrigat Mgmt Inst Hq   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Breeding; Environmental management; Malaria; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES BARBIROSTRIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; VARUNA;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BREEDING; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; SRI LANKA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BREEDING; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; SRI LANKA;

EID: 0031131929     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.3.290     Document Type: Article

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