Anopheles larval abundance and diversity in three rice agro-village complexes Mwea irrigation scheme, central Kenya

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mwangangi, Joseph M ^a,b   Shililu, Josephat ^c   Muturi, Ephantus J ^d   Muriu, Simon ^a   Jacob, Benjamin ^d   Kabiru, Ephantus W ^f   Mbogo, Charles M ^a   Githure, John ^b   Novak, Robert J ^e  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^e Department of Medicine   (United States)

^f KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANOPHELES; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); KENYA; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RICE; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ECOSYSTEM; KENYA; LARVA; LOGISTIC MODELS; ORYZA SATIVA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS;

EID: 77955289325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-228     Document Type: Article

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