Survivorship of Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae in Western Kenya highland forest

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 270-277

  Tuno, Nobuko ^a   Okeka, Wilberforce ^b   Minakawa, Noboru ^c   Takagi, Masahiro ^a   Yan, Guiyun ^d  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kakamega Environmental Education Program   (Kenya)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheline; Deforestation; Malaria vector; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; COLEOPTERA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; KAKAMEGA; ODONATA;

EID: 19444382249     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/42.3.270     Document Type: Article

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