Feeding and survival of the malaria vector gambiae on plants growing in Kenya

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 108-115

  Impoinvil, D E ^a,d   Kongere, J O ^b   Foster, W A ^c   Njiru, B N ^b   Killeen, G F ^b,e   Githure, J I ^b   Beier, J C ^a,d   Hassanali, A ^b   Knols, B G J ^b,f  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^e SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adult mosquito diet; Africa; Anopheles gambiae; Ipomoea batatas; Kenya; Lantana camara; Malaria vector; Mosquito survivorship; Ricinus communis; Sugar feeding

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DISEASE CARRIER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KENYA; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; MALE; PLANTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; LANTANA; LANTANA CAMARA; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SALVIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 2942596096     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.00484.x     Document Type: Article

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