Enhancement of development of larval Anopheles arabiensis by proximity to flowering maize (Zea mays) in turbid water and when crowded

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 748-752

  Ye Ebiyo, Yemane ^a   Pollack, Richard J ^a   Kiszewski, Anthony ^a   Spielman, Andrew ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; DENSITY; FEMALE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MAIZE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURBIDITY; ALGA; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; PHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

RAIN; WATER;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; POLLEN; RAIN; WATER; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0042236706     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.748     Document Type: Article

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