Larval mosquitoes collected from northern Jordan and the Jordan Valley

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 375-378

  Amr, Zuhair S ^a   Al Khalili, Yasar ^a   Arbaji, Ali ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b Ministry of Health   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; JORDAN; LARVA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; JORDAN; LARVA;

EID: 0031297542     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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