Feeding and indoor resting behaviour of the mosquito Anopheles longipalpis in an area of hyperendemic malaria transmission in southern Zambia

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 459-463

  Kent, R J ^a   Coetzee, M ^b,c   Mharakurwa, S ^d   Norris, D E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d Malaria Institute at Macha   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Anopheles funestus; Anopheles longipalpis; Endophily; Exophagy; Foraging ratio; Zambia; Zoophily

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEMOPHAGY; HOST PREFERENCE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; SEASONS; ZAMBIA;

AFRICA; MUFWAFWI; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SOUTHERN PROVINCE [ZAMBIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; GALLUS GALLUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 33845660482     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2006.00646.x     Document Type: Article

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