Life-table analysis of Anopheles arabiensis in western Kenya highlands: Effects of land covers on larval and adult survivorship

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 660-666

  Afrane, Yaw A ^a   Zhou, Goufa ^b   Lawson, Bernard W ^c   Githeko, Andrew K ^a   Yan, Guiyun ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORESTATION; KENYA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE TABLE; NONHUMAN; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MALARIA; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; PARASITOLOGY;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIFE TABLES; MALARIA; MALE; MICROCLIMATE;

EID: 38449119174     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.660     Document Type: Article

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