Bionomic status of Anopheles epiroticus Linton & Harbach, a coastal malaria vector, in Rayong Province, Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 541-547

  Sumruayphol, Suchada ^a   Apiwathnasorn, Chamnarn ^a   Komalamisra, Narumon ^a   Ruangsittichai, Jiraporn ^a   Samung, Yudthana ^a   Chavalitshewinkoon Petmitr, Porntip ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Anopheles epiroticus; Bionomic status; Malaria vector; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LARVA; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BREEDING; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MALARIA; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; THAILAND;

EID: 77954753873     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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