Habitat stability and occurrences of malaria vector larvae in western Kenya highlands

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Himeidan, Yousif E ^a,d   Zhou, Guofa ^b   Yakob, Laith ^b   Afrane, Yaw ^a   Munga, Stephen ^a   Atieli, Harrysone ^a   El Rayah, El Amin ^c   Githeko, Andrew K ^a   Yan, Guiyun ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^d University of Kassala   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HABITAT; KENYA; LARVA; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM (RIVER); WATER AVAILABILITY; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DISEASE VECTORS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; LARVA; MALARIA;

EID: 70449413562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-234     Document Type: Article

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