Spatial distribution and habitat characterization of anopheline mosquito larvae in western Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1010-1016

  Minakawa, Noboru ^a   Mutero, Clifford M ^a   Githure, John I ^a   Beier, John C ^b   Yan, Guiyun ^c  

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

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; KENYA; LARVA; NONHUMAN;

ALGAE; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ARACHNIDA; GAMBIAE SPECIES COMPLEX; HEXAPODA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0033396098     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.1010     Document Type: Article

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