Seasonal mosquito larval abundance and composition in Kibwezi, lower eastern Kenya

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-71

  Mwangangi, Joseph M ^a   Muturi, Ephantus J ^b   Mbogo, Charles M ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Larval densities; Larval ecology; Larval habitat; Mosquito borne diseases; Mosquitoes

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CULEX; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; KENYA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; LARVA; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS;

EID: 65349136606     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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