Pupal habitat productivity of Anopheles gambiae complex mosquitoes in a rural village in western Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-61

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

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

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

^c Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^d KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITAT; KENYA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; SOIL; STREAM (RIVER); SUMMER; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; INSECT; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; TIME;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

RAIN;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; KENYA; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PUPA; RAIN; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645990317     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.74.54     Document Type: Article

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