Environmental factors associated with the distribution of Anopheles gambiae s.s in Ghana; an important vector of lymphatic filariasis and malaria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  de Souza, Dziedzom ^a,b   Kelly Hope, Louise ^c   Lawson, Bernard ^b   Wilson, Michael ^a   Boakye, Daniel ^a  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; GHANA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MALARIA; METABOLISM; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; GHANA; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78649506214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009927     Document Type: Article

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