Predatory capacity of a shorefly, Ochthera chalybescens, on malaria vectors

Malaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Minakawa, Noboru ^a   Futami, Kyoko ^a   Sonye, George ^a,b   Akweywa, Peter ^a   Kaneko, Satoshi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CONTROL; FLY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; OCHTHERA CHALYBESCENS; PREDATION; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BODY SIZE; DIPTERA; INSECT VECTORS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALARIA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34548207592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-104     Document Type: Article

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