The effects of climatic factors on the distribution and abundance of malaria vectors in Kenya

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 833-841

  Minakawa, Noboru ^a   Sonye, George ^b   Mogi, Motoyoshi ^c   Githeko, Andrew ^d   Yan, Guiyun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anopheles arabiensis; Anopheles funestus; Anopheles gambiae; Great Rift Valley; Kenya; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KENYA; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; KENYA; MALARIA; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS;

EID: 0036835184     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.6.833     Document Type: Article

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