Larval Habitats of Anopheline Mosquitoes in the Upper Orinoco, Venezuela

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 130-137

  Rejmankova E ^a   Rubio Palis, Y ^b   Villegas, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Division de Investigaciones   (Venezuela)

^c Dirección Regional de Salud   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

An. mediopunctatus; An. oswaldoi; An. peryassui; An. punctimacula; An. triannulatus; Anopheles darlingi; Larval habitats; Ocamo; Upper Orinoco

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; LARVA; TREE; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ECOLOGY; FRESH WATER; LARVA; TREES; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0033255931     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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