A network population model of the dynamics and control of African malaria vectors

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 669-675

  Yakob, Laith ^a   Yan, Guiyun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat stability; Integrated vector management; Mosquito dispersal; Vector dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DORMANCY; FEMALE; HABITAT PATCHINESS; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; POPULATION DISPERSAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION PRODUCTIVITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEASON; SIMULATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES HABITAT; SURVIVAL; VECTOR CONTROL;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; LARVA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS;

EID: 77956651294     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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