Association between land cover and habitat productivity of malaria vectors in western Kenyan highlands

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-75

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

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOREST; HABITAT; HUMAN; KENYA; LARVA; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; SWAMP; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; INSECT; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; MALARIA; POPULATION DENSITY; PUPA;

EID: 33645824868     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.69     Document Type: Article

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