Ecological and evolutionary determinants of host species choice in mosquito vectors

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 189-196

  Lyimo, Issa N ^a,b   Ferguson, Heather M ^a,b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; BLOOD; DIGESTION; HOST; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INSECT; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 62549111717     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2009.01.005     Document Type: Review

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