Factors influencing differential larval habitat productivity of Anopheles gambiae complex mosquitoes in a western Kenyan village

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-57

  Mala, Albert O ^a   Irungu, Lucy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Larval productivity; Nutrients; Rainwater pools

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ALGAL GROWTH; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITAT SELECTION; KENYA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PH MEASUREMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RURAL AREA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TURBIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; LARVA; MALE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 79952978700     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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