Oviposition site preference and egg hatchability of Anopheles gambiae: Effects of land cover types

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 993-997

  Munga, Stephen ^a,b   Minakawa, Noboru ^c   Zhou, Guofa ^d   Barrack, Okeyo Owuor J ^b   Githeko, Andrew K ^a   Yan, Guiyun ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Egg hatchability; Land use; Malaria; Oviposition

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

EID: 28444473464     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/42.6.993     Document Type: Article

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