Distribution of Anopheles albimanus, Anopheles vestitipennis, and Anopheles crucians associated with land use in northern Belize

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 614-622

  Grieco, John P ^a   Johnson, Sarah ^b   Achee, Nicole L ^a   Masuoka, Penny ^a   Pope, Kevin ^c   Rejmánková, Eliška ^b   Vanzie, Errol ^d   Andre, Richard ^a   Roberts, Donald ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Geo Eco Arc Research   (United States)

^d Ministry of Health   (Belize)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Belize; Land use; Malaria; Transect

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES ALBIMANUS; ANOPHELES CRUCIANS; ANOPHELES VESTITIPENNIS; CYANOBACTERIA; ELEOCHARIS; ELEOCHARIS CELLULOSA; SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM; TYPHA; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BELIZE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALARIA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SUGARCANE; TYPHACEAE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BELIZE; ENVIRONMENT; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MALARIA; POPULATION DENSITY; SACCHARUM; SEASONS; TYPHACEAE;

EID: 33745256777     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[614:DOAAAV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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