Distribution of members of Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say s.l. (Diptera: Culicidae) and implications for their roles in malaria transmission in the United States

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 607-613

  Levine, Rebecca S ^a   Peterson, A Townsend ^a,b   Benedict, Mark Q ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm; Model; Spatial; Vector

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES QUADRIMACULATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 3342925355     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-41.4.607     Document Type: Article

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