Evaluation of potential role of Anopheles ziemanni in malaria transmission in Western Kenya

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 774-776

  Kamau, Luna ^a   Mulaya, Nicholas ^a   Vulule, John M ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anopheles ziemanni; Human blood indices; Kenya; Malaria; Sporozoite infection

Indexed keywords

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SPOROZOITE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CATTLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SPOROZOITES;

EID: 33748348618     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[774:EOPROA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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