Anopheline breeding in river bed pools below major dams in Sri Lanka

Acta Tropica

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-33

  Kusumawathie, P H D ^a   Wickremasinghe, A R ^b   Karunaweera, N D ^c   Wijeyaratne, M J S ^b   Yapabandara, A M G M ^a  

^a Regional Office   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Anopheline mosquitoes; Major dams; Rivers; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

DAM; MOSQUITO; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RIVER BED; SURFACE AREA;

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES BARBIROSTRIS BARBIROSTRIS; ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES; ANOPHELES JAMESII; ANOPHELES MACULATUS; ANOPHELES NIGERRIMUS; ANOPHELES PEDITAENIATUS; ANOPHELES SUBPICTUS; ANOPHELES TESSELLATUS; ANOPHELES VAGUS; ANOPHELES VARUNA; ARTICLE; BREEDING; LARVA; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SRI LANKA; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; RIVERS; SEASONS; SRI LANKA;

ASIA; EURASIA; KELANI RIVER; MAHAWELI RIVER; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

VARUNA;

EID: 33748895506     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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