Agent-based modelling of mosquito foraging behaviour for malaria control

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1105-1112

  Gu, Weidong ^a   Novak, Robert J ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonotrophic cycle; Habitats; Mosquito control; Oviposition; Resource seeking; Theoretical model

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIFE CYCLE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; RISK REDUCTION; SIMULATION; SPECIES HABITAT;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALARIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 70349836240     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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