Effect of permethrin-impregnated nets on exiting behavior, blood feeding success, and time of feeding of malaria mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in western Kenya

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 531-536

  Mathenge, Evan M ^a,b   Gimnig, John E ^a,b,c   Kolczak, Margarette ^b,c   Ombok, Maurice ^a,b   Irungu, Lucy W ^b   Hawley, William A ^a,b,c  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles funestus; Anopheles gambiae complex; Bednets; Behavior

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; TANACETUM CINERARIIFOLIUM;

INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BED; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECT; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; KENYA; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BEDDING AND LINENS; ESCAPE REACTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; KENYA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHRINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035407560     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.4.531     Document Type: Article

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