A study of the distribution and abundance of the adult malaria vector in western Kenya highlands

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Li, Li ^a   Bian, Ling ^b   Yan, Guiyun ^c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; MALARIA; MODELING; MOSQUITO; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KENYA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CULICIDAE; DISEASE VECTORS; ECOSYSTEM; KENYA; MALARIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 53549129511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-50     Document Type: Article

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