Anopheles arabiensis and An. funestus are equally important vectors of malaria in Matola coastal suburb of Maputo, southern Mozambique

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-180

  Mendis, C ^a,b   Jacobsen, J L ^a   Gamage Mendis, A ^a,b   Bule, E ^b   Dgedge, M ^b   Thompson, R ^b   Cuamba, N ^b   Barreto, J ^b   Begtrup, K ^a   Sinden, R E ^c   Hogh B ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

An. funestus; An. gambiae; Anopheles arabiensis; Endophagy; Entomological inoculation rate; Focal transmission; Malaria vectors; Maputo; Mozambique; Vectorial capacity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MOZAMBIQUE; PREVALENCE; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTORS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOZAMBIQUE; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES COUSTANI; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE;

EID: 6744224440     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2000.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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