Abandoning small-scale fish farming in western Kenya leads to higher malaria vector abundance

Acta Tropica

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-73

  Howard, Annabel F V ^a   Omlin, Francois X ^a  

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

Author keywords

Anopheles; Fishponds; Malaria; Man made habitats; Mosquito larval ecology; Western Kenya

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISEASE VECTOR; FISH CULTURE; LARVA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; POND; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; HEALTH SURVEY; KENYA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PISCICULTURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DISEASE VECTORS; FISHERIES; KENYA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; KISII; NYANZA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 37149022575     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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