Survivorship of anopheles gambiae in relation to malaria transmission in Ilorin, Nigeria

Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Olayemi, Israel Kayode ^a,c   Ande, Adeolu Taiwo ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^c School of Science and Science Education   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Infection; Life expectancy; Mosquitoes; Parity; Plasmodium; Sporogonic cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849127943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09725997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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