The practical importance of permanent and semipermanent habitats for controlling aquatic stages of Anopheles gambiae sensu lato mosquitoes: Operational observations from a rural town in western Kenya

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1274-1289

  Fillinger, Ulrike ^a,b   Sonye, George ^b   Killeen, Gerry F ^c,d   Knols, Bart G J ^e   Becker, Norbert ^f  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

^c IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^f German Mosquito Control Association KABS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Kenya; Larval ecology; Malaria vector; Mosquito control; Mosquito larval habitat

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LARVA; MALARIA;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HABITAT QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; LARVA; MALARIA; MICROMORPHOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; VEGETATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; LARVA; MALARIA; RAIN; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; MBITA; NYANZA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ALGAE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; VICTORIA;

EID: 11144338242     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01335.x     Document Type: Article

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