Comparative performance of light trap types, lunar influence and sandfly abundance in Baringo district, Kenya

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-112

  Kasili, Sichangi ^a   Ngumbi, Philip M ^a   Koka, Hellen ^b   Ngere, Francis G ^b   Kioko, Elizabeth ^b   Odemba, Nicholas ^b   Kutima, Helen L ^c  

^a Centre for Biotechnology Research and Development   (Kenya)

^b US Army Medical Research Unit Kenya   (Kenya)

^c JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INSECT SOCIETY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KENYA; MOON; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS DUBOSCQI; PHLEBOTOMUS MARTINI; PHOTOACTIVATION; PSYCHODIDAE; SERGENTOMYIA SCHWETZI; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; KENYA; LIGHT; MALE; MOON; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 77954826741     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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