Blood-meal analysis for anopheline mosquitoes sampled along the Kenyan coast

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 371-375

  Mwangangi, Joseph M ^a   Mbogo, Charles M ^a   Nzovu, Joseph G ^a   Githure, John I ^b   Yan, Guiyun ^c   Beier, John C ^d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

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

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ELISA; Human blood index; Human IgG; Human vector contact; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; GALLUS GALLUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CHICKEN; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GOAT; HUMAN; KENYA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BLOOD; CATTLE; CHICKENS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GOATS; HUMANS; KENYA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 1842855998     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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