Field assessments in western Kenya link malaria vectors to environmentally disturbed habitats during the dry season

BMC Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-7

  Carlson, John C ^a   Byrd, Brian D ^a   Omlin, Francois X ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANOPHELES; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; HUMAN; KENYA; LARVA; MALARIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PREDATOR; PRESSURE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWAMP; VEGETATION;

EID: 4544380518     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-4-33     Document Type: Review

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