Urban agricultural land use and characterization of mosquito larval habitats in a medium-sized town of Côte d'Ivoire

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 319-333

  Matthys, Barbara ^a,b   N'Goran, Eliézer K ^b,c   Koné, Moussa ^d   Koudou, Benjamin G ^b   Vounatsou, Penelope ^a   Cissé, Guéladio ^b   Tschannen, Andres B ^b   Tanner, Marcel ^a   Utzinger, Jürg ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d Centre d'Entomologie Médicale et Vétérinaire   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Breeding sites; Culex; Malaria; Urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; COTE D'IVOIRE; CULEX; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INSECT; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; RICE; SEASON; URBAN POPULATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; COTE D'IVOIRE; CULEX; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; LARVA; ORYZA SATIVA; POPULATION DENSITY; PUPA; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION;

ALGAE;

EID: 33847063842     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710(2006)31[319:UALUAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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