The role of unused swimming pools as a habitat for anopheles immature stages in urban Malindi, Kenya

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 457-459

  Impoinvil, Daniel E ^a   Mbogo, Charles M ^b   Keating, Joseph ^c   Beier, John C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae s.l; Malindi, Kenya; Unused swimming pools

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CITY; ECOSYSTEM; KENYA; LARVA; SWIMMING POOL;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CITIES; ECOSYSTEM; KENYA; LARVA; SWIMMING POOLS;

EID: 58149158228     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/5739.1     Document Type: Article

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