Distribution, description, and local knowledge of larval habitats of Anopheles gambiae s.l. in a village in western Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-53

  Mutuku, Francis M ^b   Alaii, Jane A ^b   Bayoh, M Nabie ^b   Gimnig, John E ^d   Vulule, John M ^b   Walker, Edward D ^a   Kabiru, Ephantus ^c   Hawley, William A ^d  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HABITAT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; KNOWLEDGE; LAND DRAINAGE; LANDSCAPE; LARVA; MALE; MOSQUITO; STREAM (RIVER); WATER SUPPLY; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RURAL POPULATION;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ECOSYSTEM; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KENYA; LARVA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 33645962200     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.44     Document Type: Article

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