Malaria and anopheles mosquitos in Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 599-605

  Rahman, Wahab A ^a   Che'Rus, Adanan ^a   Ahmad, Abu Hassan ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LARVA; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MALARIA; MALAYSIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEASONS;

EID: 0031219343     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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