Topography and malaria transmission heterogeneity in western Kenya highlands: Prospects for focal vector control

Malaria Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Githeko, Andrew K ^a   Ayisi, John M ^a   Odada, Peter K ^a   Atieli, Francis K ^a   Ndenga, Bryson A ^a   Githure, John I ^b   Yan, Guiyun ^c  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHILD; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 33751247629     PISSN: 14752875     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-5-107     Document Type: Article

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