Survival and infection probabilities of anthropophagie anophelines from an area of high prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum in humans

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 445-453

  Charlwood, J D ^a   Smith, T ^b   Billingsley, F F ^c   Takken, W ^d   Lyimo, E O K ^e   Meuwissen, J H E T ^f  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33745137910     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007485300041304     Document Type: Article

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