Population dynamics of indoor sampled mosquitoes and their implication in disease transmission in Abeokuta, south-western Nigeria

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-38

  Adeleke, M A ^a,b   Mafiana, C F ^a   Idowu, A B ^a   Sam Wobo, S O ^a   Idowu, O A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Mosquitoes; Nigeria; Parity; Seasonal abundance

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITIN; RAIN;

ABDOMEN; AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; COQUILLETIDIA MACULIPENNIS; CULEX; CULEX DUTTONI; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX TIGRIPES; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISSECTION; FEEDING; FEMALE; HOST; LIGHT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANSONIA AFRICANA; MANSONIA UNIFORMIS; MICROSCOPY; MOSQUITO; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NULLIPARA; PARITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANDOM SAMPLE; SEASONAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BLOOD; CULICIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HOUSING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NIGERIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS;

EID: 77949493525     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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