Tropical malaria does not mean hot environments

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 963-969

  Ikemoto, Takaya ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Africa; Anopheles gambiae; Flasmodium falciparum; Intrinsic optimum temperature; Malaria

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEASON;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HOT TEMPERATURE; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SEASONS;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

EID: 56749157561     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[963:TMDNMH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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