Application of the pupal/demographic-survey methodology to identify the key container habitats of Aedes aegypti (L.) in Malindi district, Kenya

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 100, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Midega, J T ^a   Nzovu, J ^a   Kahindi, S ^a   Sang, R C ^b   Mbogo, C ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENGUE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; LARVA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); RURAL AREA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; URBAN AREA; AEDES; ANIMAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH; HOUSEHOLD; INSECT; MOSQUITO; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; WATER SUPPLY;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENGUE; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUPA; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS; URBAN HEALTH; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33748668275     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485906X105525     Document Type: Article

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