Behaviour of Anopheles arabiensis and An. quadriannulatus sp. B mosquitoes and malaria transmission in southwestern Ethiopia

African Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-87

  Fettene, M ^a,b,c   Hunt, R H ^a,b   Coetzee, M ^a,b   Tessema, F ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Anopheles arabiensis; Anopheles quadriannulatus sp. B; Ethiopia; HBI; Malaria; Resting behaviour; Sporozoite rate

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES QUADRIANNULATUS; ANOPHELES QUADRIANNULATUS B; BOS TAURUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 2942591969     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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