Short report: Influence of centers for disease control light trap position, relative to a human-baited bed net, on catches of Anopheles gambiae and Culex quinquefasciatus in Tanzania

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 595-596

  Mboera, Leonard E G ^a   Kihonda, Japhet ^b   Braks, Marieta A H ^c   Knols, Bart G J ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; INOCULATION; INSECT BITE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARITY; SAMPLING; TANZANIA;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; INSECTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031724301     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.595     Document Type: Article

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