Blood-feeding behavior of anopheles gambiae and anopheles melas in Ghana, Western Africa

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-31

  Tuno, Nobuko ^a   Kjaerandsen, Jostein ^b   Badu, Kingsley ^c   Kruppa, Thomas ^c  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Endophily; Exophily; Host distribution; Malaria vector

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GHANA; HOUSING; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BITES AND STINGS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GHANA; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; SEASONS;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES MELAS;

EID: 75149163018     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.047.0104     Document Type: Article

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